http://johnmccombs.inmap.net Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:55:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://johnmccombs.inmap.net http://johnmccombs.inmap.net/2008/10/18/econtalk/ http://johnmccombs.inmap.net/2008/10/18/econtalk/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:24:00 +0000 John McCombs http://johnmccombs.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/econtalk/ ]]> Russ Roberts has put togther an impressive collection of economics podcasts. Many of the podcasts provide great background to aspects of the current crisis in the the finance markets. Here’s a selection:

• Arnold Kling talks with Russ Roberts about the economics of the housing market and the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• Robert Shiller of Yale University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current housing mess and related financial market problems. Shiller argues that the decade-long run up in housing prices was a bubble where speculative fervor outweighed any economic fundamentals.
• John Taylor of Stanford University talks the role of the Federal Reserve, monetary policy.
• Milton Friedman talks about his research, inflation, the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and the future.

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