The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Aug 17, 2022

01:12:55

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Episode guests

Russ Roberts

Highlights

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Episode notes

The Eternal Truths

01:03

How Do We Make A Decision?

00:27

Do You Know What's Important?

00:30

The Economics of the Family

00:35

Introduction

2min

What's Your Book About?

2min

The Adam Smith Book - How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

5min

Economists Are Predisposed to Misunderstand and to Leave Out

1min

How to Get Marimen - It's Ok to Take a Job That You Don't Like

2min

Is This the Right Way to Make a Decision?

5min

Should You Become a Vampire?

4min

Are You Ready to Be a Parent?

4min

The New Idea in Political Economy

3min

10.

The Two Thousand Year Old Man

5min

11.

The Wave of Neoconservatism

2min

12.

What Are the Real Sources of Happiness?

5min

13.

The Imperfection of Economics

4min

14.

Iso Homo Economics?

5min

15.

The Problem With Economics

5min

16.

Why Do You Think History Is the Mother of All Social Sciences?

4min

17.

Is Your Book a Guide to the Decisions That Define Us?

2min

18.

The Difference Between Israel and the United States

6min

19.

Aamenchb Is It Be a Mence.

2min

20.

I Love Listening to Russ Roberts

2min

What constitutes a life well lived, and what does it mean to truly flourish? Noted economist Russ Roberts provides answers to these pressing questions on today’s Remnant, which concerns his new book, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us. In life, we’re faced with many big decisions that can’t be solved by calculation, like when to marry, what career to choose, and whether to have children. Russ is here to explain how we should approach these problems, and to reassure us that it’s okay to make mistakes. Plus, he explores how it feels to be a “recovering economist.”

Show Notes:

- Russ’ podcast, EconTalk

- Russ’ new book, Wild Problems

- Russ: “How to Make a Decision When There’s No ‘Right’ One”

- Jonah’s hatred of new ideas

- An inefficient Christmas

- Sebastian Junger’s Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

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