The Joe Walker Podcast

Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism — Angus Deaton

Jan 11, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Deaths of Despair Disaster
02:58 • 3min
3
Angus Daton on His Dad's Success in Education
06:02 • 4min
4
The Struggles of a Scotsman
09:46 • 2min
5
The Most Underrated Thing About Edinburgh
11:55 • 2min
6
The Dark Side of Meritocracy
13:48 • 3min
7
The Blessings of Self-Education
16:52 • 2min
8
The Importance of Causality in Economics
18:23 • 2min
9
The Problem With Randomized Controlled Trials in Development Economics
20:34 • 2min
10
The Future of Vaccines
22:28 • 2min
11
The Dangers of Capitalism
24:01 • 3min
12
The Great Escape
27:01 • 5min
13
The Future of Capitalism
32:08 • 4min
14
The Death of Disdain in Australia
35:53 • 3min
15
The Rise of COVID in the United States
38:36 • 2min
16
Emile Durkheim and the Cost of Education
40:33 • 2min
17
Why Are African Americans Less Likely to Kill Themselves Than a Lot of Americans?
42:09 • 2min
18
The Problems of Less Educated Whites
43:40 • 6min
19
The Cost of Healthcare in Europe
49:31 • 4min
20
The Declining Unions and Family Breakdown
53:03 • 4min
21
Strangers in Their Own Land
56:34 • 2min
22
The Proximate Cause of Death
58:18 • 2min
23
The Proximate Causes of Inequality
01:00:25 • 3min
24
The Relationship Between Inequality and Rent Seeking
01:03:35 • 3min
25
The Trouble With Slowing Economic Growth and Rent Seeking
01:06:53 • 3min
26
The Great Recession and the Rise of Trump
01:09:46 • 3min
27
The Importance of Competitive Behavior in the Healthcare Sector
01:13:03 • 2min
28
The Importance of Rent-Seeking
01:14:34 • 2min
29
Joe Biden's Petition to Forgive All Student Debt
01:16:43 • 2min
30
The Twilight of the Elites
01:18:22 • 4min
31
The Deaths of Disdain Catastrophe
01:22:12 • 3min