Bench Talk | 2024 Nobel Prize Lecture on Wealthy vs. Poor Countries - March Sky | Feb. 24, 2025

Dr. Simon Johnson, an economist at MIT, won a 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on economic and political inequities across the globe. Why are some nations (that were former colonies) doing quite well, while others are struggling with poverty and political repression? Dr. Johnson discusses colonization in the context of resource exploitation, tropical diseases, immigration by Europeans, institutional effectiveness, technology adoption, and repressive government policies. Then, Scott Miller fills us in on what stars, planets and constellations we can see in the night sky in March. To hear the entire Nobel Prize lecture (and see charts and figures) you can watch it here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2024/johnson/lecture/ ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am. Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal