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Paul Romer on a Culture of Science and Working Hard

May 20, 2020

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Is Science More Important Than We Recognize?

04:02

Is the Old Testament Version of Christianity the New Testament Version?

01:31

I'm a Voter, and I'd Like to Know, What Direction Will This Policy Take?

02:19

Introduction

2min

The Biggest Negative From the Financial Crisis

2min

Is It a Good Idea to Have a Carbon Tax?

2min

I'm a Voter, and I'd Like to Know, What Direction Will This Policy Take?

2min

Isn't All Well in Economics?

3min

The Green Spontane Hypothesis Is a Big Mistake

2min

Do You Think There Should Be an Obsession With Math to Your Rescores When Admitting People Into Graduate Programmes?

2min

Epidemiology - Is It a Good Field?

2min

Why Aren't We Providing More Tests?

3min

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Is Testing Going to Work?

4min

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Should There Be a Liability Waver for Testing?

2min

12.

Is Litigation the Ultimate Reason Why America Is So Slow in Testing?

2min

13.

Is There a Way to Reduce the Death Rate in Nursing Homes?

2min

14.

Can We Re-Start Baseball?

6min

15.

Charter Cities - Is It the Best Name?

3min

16.

Is There a Negative Selection Effect in the Volunteers?

2min

17.

Is Religion a Key to Economic Development?

2min

18.

Subsahara in Africa - What's the Impetus Behind the Charter City?

2min

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Is the World Bank Engaged in Dip Macy or Science?

2min

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I Regret the Time You Spent in the Bank, or What You Would Have Done Differently

3min

21.

Is Science More Important Than We Recognize?

4min

22.

Is the Old Testament Version of Christianity the New Testament Version?

2min

23.

What Did You Learn at Burning Man?

3min

Paul Romer makes his second appearance to discuss the failings of economics, how his mass testing plan for COVID-19 would work, what aspects of epidemiology concern him, how the FDA is slowing a better response, his ideas for reopening schools and Major League Baseball, where he agrees with Weyl’s test plan, why charter cities need a new name, what went wrong with Honduras, the development trajectory for sub-Saharan Africa, how he’d reform the World Bank, the underrated benefits of a culture of science, his heartening takeaway about human nature from his experience at Burning Man, and more.

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