Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?"

Jul 23, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Long Have Health Care and Education Been More Expensive Over Time?
01:49 • 2min
3
What Does Secular Mean in This Context?
03:41 • 2min
4
Why Are the Prices So High?
05:57 • 2min
5
What's the Essence of the Bomb?
08:19 • 3min
6
The Bomb Will Affect Health Care and Education
11:30 • 2min
7
Why Education Has Been More Costly Than It Used to Be
13:41 • 3min
8
Is There a Distributional Aspect in the Economy?
16:22 • 2min
9
The BOML Effect
18:40 • 2min
10
What Is the Problem With Huckleberry Production?
20:36 • 3min
11
Are We Going to Have Huge Productivity Gains in Education?
23:57 • 2min
12
Healthcare and Education - Is That a Good Proxy for Skilled Labor?
25:53 • 2min
13
Why People Are Consuming More Education More Healthcare
27:34 • 2min
14
The BOML Effect Isn't Consistent With the BOML Story
29:10 • 3min
15
Is It All the BOML Effect?
31:46 • 3min
16
What Is the BOML Effect and How Does It Work?
34:26 • 3min
17
Is There a Debate on Wages for Highly Skilled Workers?
37:02 • 2min
18
Is There a Difference Between Expenses and Salaries?
39:03 • 3min
19
What I Like About the Bomb Will Affect
41:45 • 2min
20
Is the Subsidy Driving Up Prices?
43:58 • 3min
21
Is There a Subsidy?
46:54 • 2min
22
Are You Going to Get Kicked Out of All the Victorian Parties?
48:39 • 3min