EconTalk

Russ Roberts

Top mentioned books

Here are the most frequently recommended books on the EconTalk podcast:
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#1 Mentioned in 17 episodes

Wild Problems

A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
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Russ Roberts
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#2 Mentioned in 16 episodes

The theory of moral sentiments

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Adam Smith
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#3 Mentioned in 11 episodes

Tribe

On Homecoming and Belonging
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Sebastian Junger
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#4 Mentioned in 10 episodes

The Odyssey

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Homer
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#5 Mentioned in 9 episodes

A Time to Build

From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream
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Yuval Levin
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#6 Mentioned in 7 episodes

The Wealth of Nations

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Adam Smith
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#7 Mentioned in 7 episodes

The Iliad

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Homer
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#8 Mentioned in 6 episodes

Dignity

Seeking Respect in Back Row America
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Chris Arnade
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#9 Mentioned in 6 episodes

The Three Languages of Politics

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Arnold Kling
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#10 Mentioned in 6 episodes

Range

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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David Epstein
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#11 Mentioned in 6 episodes

Capitalism and freedom

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Milton Friedman
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#12 Mentioned in 6 episodes

In the First Circle

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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
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#13 Mentioned in 6 episodes

Aspiration

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Agnes Callard
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#14 Mentioned in 5 episodes

The road to serfdom

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Friedrich Von Hayek
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#15 Mentioned in 5 episodes

Ending Medical Reversal

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Adam Cifu
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Vinayak K. Prasad
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#16 Mentioned in 5 episodes

The Sweet Spot

The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
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Paul Bloom
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#17 Mentioned in 5 episodes

The Choice

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Edith Eager
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#18 Mentioned in 5 episodes

Life and Fate

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Vasily Grossman
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#19 Mentioned in 5 episodes

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

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Robert Nozick
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#20 Mentioned in 4 episodes

The first cell

and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last
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Azra Raza

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