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Russ Roberts on Making Better Decisions

Oct 1, 2022

Russ Roberts, president of Shalem College and host of the EconTalk podcast, dives into the intricacies of decision-making. He explores the tension between ambition and integrity, sharing insights from his book, *Wild Problems*. The discussion highlights how pivotal life choices shape our futures, from career to family. Roberts humorously examines Darwin’s marriage dilemma while emphasizing the emotional and rational facets of our biggest decisions. He also reflects on the role of mentorship and moral commitments in navigating life's complex crossroads.

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Episode notes

Intro

4min

Navigating Life's Crossroads

8min

Darwin's Dilemma: The Marriage Equation

10min

Exploring Parental Influence on Relationships and Power Dynamics

5min

Navigating Decisions Between Career and Family

5min

Navigating Life's Decisions

8min

Navigating Moral Dilemmas

21min

Ryan talks to economist and author Russ Roberts about his new book Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us, the tension between being ambitious and being a good person, strategies for reducing the fear and the loss of control that inevitably come when a wild problem requires a leap in the dark, and more.

Russ Roberts is the President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Russ is interested and invested in making complicated ideas understandable. He is the founder and host of the award-winning weekly podcast EconTalk—hour-long conversations with interesting thinkers. His two rap videos on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek, created with filmmaker John Papola, have had more than twelve million views on YouTube, have been subtitled in eleven languages, and are used in high school and college classrooms around the world.

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