Technology Archives - Economic Rockstar

Episodes

1. 121

   121: Doug McKee and Edward O’Neill on Teach Better and Using Technology in the Classroom

   121: Doug McKee and Edward O’Neill on Teach Better and Using Technology in the Classroom Douglas McKee is a senior lecturer at the Department of Economics at Cornell University. Dr McKee teaches Econometrics, Probability and Statistics and has previously taught at Yale. Doug’s research interests...

   Jan 30, 2017

   1h 05m
2. 91

   091: The Age of Em by Robin Hanson

   091: The Age of Em by Robin Hanson This is Robin Hanson’s second appearance on the Economic Rockstar podcast. I previously spoke to Robin about his work in episode 073. If you find this interview interesting, check out the other episode. You’ll love it. This is the Book Review from Amazon…

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   Jun 23, 2016

   46m
3. 78

   078: Arnold Kling on the Hidden Story of How Markets Work, the Mortgage Crisis and How We Pay for Health Care

   078: Arnold Kling on the Hidden Story of How Markets Work, the Mortgage Crisis and How We Pay for Health Care Arnold Kling is a Mercatus Center–affiliated senior scholar at George Mason University and a member of the Financial Markets Working Group. Arnold specializes in housing-finance policy,...

   Mar 24, 2016

   56m
4. 52

   052: Alex Tabarrok on Globalisation, Bounty Hunters and Leveraging Online Education

   052: Alex Tabarrok on Globalisation, Bounty Hunters and Leveraging Online Education Alex Tabarrok is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and co-founder (with Tyler Cowen) of Marginal Revolution University, an online platform for learning economics. Alex is Senior Fellow…

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   Oct 1, 2015

   58m
5. 42

   042: Parviz Parvizi on Clammr, Coffee, Coase and the Economy of Iran

   042: Parviz Parvizi on Clammr, Coffee, Coase and the Economy of Iran Parviz Parvizi is co-founder of Clammr, a mobile app and platform making audio more social and viral. Users are calling Clammr, which features snack-sized audio clips of 18 seconds or less, the “Instagram of Audio” and “Audio...

   Jul 23, 2015

   52m
6. 27

   027: Craig Medico on How Economics Saved My Career, How I’m Embracing Technology in the Classroom and Why I’m off to Wrestling School

   027: Craig Medico on How Economics Saved My Career, Using Technology in the Classroom and Why I’m off to Wrestling School Craig Medico is an Economics and History educator in New York with 11 years of classroom experience. Craig is doing amazing things to get young people to understand and become...

   Apr 7, 2015

   45m