The meaning of life is partly in the search for the meaning of life, says econ talk host russ roberts. i think that smithian metaphor is a very, very powerful way to think about public policy that goes against what is natural to usand everi love that paragraph. I just butchered it, more or less. But you get the idea. For more econ talk, oto, econ talk dot org. You can also comment on today's pod cass and find links and readings related to to day's conversation.
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