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Economic Rockstar is created for you, the economist, financial analyst, teacher or student. If you are looking to expand your knowledge or awareness, Frank Conway delivers the information you just don’t want to miss. Economic Rockstar brings to you each week an economist, financial analyst or business leader who shares their experiences, research interests or ideas. Hear their views on different schools of economic thinking – Chicago, Austrian, Keynesian and Classical, behavioral economics, stock markets, and how economics and finance can be used in our lives. Economic Rockstar interviews top-level lecturers and academics from highly renowned universities, best-selling authors and bloggers, inspirational CEOs and business leaders, as well as amazing and thought-provoking people who have recently discovered economics and finance and are carving out a career in their new-found passion. Guests in each episode gives us wonderful advice, takeaways and insights that will help you become part of the Economic Rockstar community that will be ‘Connecting Brilliant Minds in Economics and Finance’.

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Latest Episodes:

065: Best of 2015 Part 1 Dec 31, 2015

Show notes

In this episode, I've created a 'mix-tape' of the best episodes of the year.

This is Part 1 of a 2 part compilation of episodes that you and I considered to be the highlights of the year.

Although I did my utmost to choose a 'best of' compilation that captured the essence of this podcast, it was extremely difficult to leave out some of my amazing guests.

I loved all my guests and every single one of them gave up their time to speak to me about their career, their research and personal lives.

They exposed themselves to you, my amazing listeners, and answered questions that they had not seen before. It was almost impossible to choose who to leave in and who to leave out.

Both end of year ‘Best of 2015’ episodes gives us a snapshot of some topics that were discussed - like a time capsule for the Economic Rockstar podcast of 2015.

If you’ve been with me all year, then this episode will act as a refresher and take you back to some of the debates that abound the fields of economics.

If you’re new to the show or relatively new, then perhaps these episodes will offer you a window to glimpse into the show and type of guests and topics that we cover.

Hopefully, they will encourage you to explore and listen to previous episodes of the podcast. For a full listing, you can visit economicrockstar.com/podcasts.

Enjoy!

064: Oliver Payne on Transitioning from a Marketing Creative to a Behavioral Scientist Dec 24, 2015

Show notes

Oliver Payne is Founder and Director of The Hunting Dynasty. He is a behavioural specialist, author, commentator, ex-ad creative, & manager.

Since the late 2000’s Oliver has been working with psychology specifically through The Hunting Dynasty looking to find and build interventions that change behaviour.

Oliver is author of ‘Inspiring Sustainable Behaviour: 19 Ways To Ask For Change’ which wrangles together environmental and social psychology, behavioural economics, and decision theory.

He is an advisor on the Influence Advisory Panel populated by experts from academia, politics, military, government and civil society.

Oliver is a speaker on behaviour at NATO (Latvia), for Government departments (Whitehall), Start-ups (Netherlands), Science Museum (London) and others.

He is the Co-founder of the London Behavioural Economics Network which meets monthly and is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, and an Affiliate of the British Psychological Society.

Oliver’s company The Hunting Dynasty recently won the Gold Retail Nudge Award for 2015 for their ability to increase the comprehension level of a customer-facing product description.

Check out all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/oliverpayne

063: Todd Tresidder on Financial Freedom and the 7 Steps to 7 Figures Dec 17, 2015

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Todd Tresidder is an entrepreneur and founder of Financial Mentor. Todd educates and supports Business Owners And Investors To Achieve Financial Freedom And Personal Freedom.

As a serial entrepreneur since childhood, Todd built many businesses and retired at age 35 from his position as a Hedge Fund Investment Manager responsible for a 20+ million dollar portfolio.

Todd raised his net worth from less than zero at age 23 to self-made millionaire 12 years later by using the same personal finance and investment strategies taught on this web site.

Todd is an early pioneer and expert in statistical and mathematical risk management systems for investing and became financially independent from age 35 through investing – not marketing.

Todd has a B.A. in Economics from University of California.

Check out the podcast at www.economicrockstar.com.

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062: Stephen Terry on Real Business Cycles, Total Factor Productivity, Short-Termism and Doing a PhD Dec 10, 2015

Show notes

Stephen Terry is Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University.

In 2013 he was a Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and, from 2007 to 2009, Stephen was a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Stephen received a PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2015 as well as an MA in Economics in 2011.

Stephen also has an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma and a BA in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington.

Stephens research interests include short-termism, uncertainty and real business cycles.

In this episode you will learn:

about Stephen's experience with the two-body or joint location problem.

about Stephen’s PhD process and the experience he developed along the way.

of some suggestions if you’re considering undertaking a PhD.

the differences and similarities in the mathematics of economics and the mathematics of other disciplines such as physics and chemistry.

if there is a divergence or a convergence in the branches of macroeconomics and microeconomics.

what really happens during recessions.

and much more.

Check out the shownotes and links mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/stephenterry

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061: Roger Whitney on the Myths to Retirement Planning and the Lazy Mans Method to Saving Dec 03, 2015

Show notes

Roger Whitney began his career as a Financial Advisor in 1991 and witnessed first-hand the rise and fall of the 'New Economy' and the Dot-com bubble that ended in 2000.

This experience made Roger realise that financial management is about people, not money, and that they are served best by advisors that are fiduciaries to their clients and have the heart of a teacher.

In 2003 Roger left, at the time, the largest private bank in the world and co-founded WWK Wealth Advisors. Today, they are a firm of 14 professionals managing over $200 million in assets. Roger is a lifelong learner and holds many degrees and certifications. He has a B.A. in International Relations, is a Certified Investment Management Analyst and a Certified Private Wealth Advisor.

Roger also teaches courses on Wealth Management, Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits. Roger’s blog, The Retirement Answer Man, was recently awarded the 2015 PLUTUS award for the best Retirement focused blog and podcast. You can check it out at rogerwhitney.com.

In this episode you will learn:

the problem with budgeting.

develop one habit to control your budgeting needs and requirements.

lazy man’s method to saving.

four myths that could ruin your retirement and how to avoid them.

the Permanent Income Hypothesis.

how Roger got his cashflow in place when setting up his business.

and much more.

Check out the shownotes and links mentioned by Roger at www.economicrockstar.com/roger-whitney

060: Manu Saadia on Trekonomics - The Economics of Star Trek: Scarcity, Productivity and Public Goods Nov 26, 2015

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Manu Saadia fell into science fiction and Star Trek fandom at the age of eight, back in Paris, France, where he was born and raised.

Manu studied history of science and economic history in Paris and Chicago. After many happy years in the Ivory Tower, he yielded to his childhood passion for the future.

Manu embarked on his continuing mission to explore strange new worlds by boldly going where many have gone before: Los Angeles, CA, where he advise and (occasionally) builds tech companies.

Manu received the 2005 Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Chicago.

His book, Trekonomics, is currently available for pre-order at www.inkshares.com and will be released in 2016.

In this episode you will learn:

why Manu Saadia wrote Trekonomics.

about the Star Trek Economics panel at Comic Con.

why economists love Star Trek.

about inkshares and how it can help authors publish their book.

how traditional media rather than social media boosted pre-order sales of Trekonomics - an ironic outcome.

when Manu’s interested in economics and Star Trek collided.

about the work of Isaac Asimov and how his stories are a discourse on economics.

how the stories of robots and the future by Asimov influenced and shaped the storyline in Star Trek.

about the replicators in Star Trek and how they solve the problem of economic scarcity.

about the Ferengi’s and how they represent capitalism and trade.

why The Federation or the humans in Star Trek do not use money but have a foreign account to trade with the Ferengi’s.

and much much more.

Check out the shownotes page and links mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/manu-saadia

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059: Shawn Humphrey on La Ceiba Microfinance, Tribal Teaching and Creating a Culture of Commitment in the Classroom Nov 19, 2015

Show notes

Shawn Humphrey is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Mary Washington.

Shawn is the founder of the Two Dollar Challenge, La Ceiba Microfinance, the Month of Microfinance, and the Poverty Action Conference.

Shawn describes himself as a Tribal Teacher, a Diligent Do-Gooder and a Global Grassroots Mobilizer.

In this episode you will learn:

about the social entrepreneurial journey that Shawn found himself pursuing.

about Shawn’s Tribal Teaching pedagogy and if this is the future of education.

why Shawn wanted to help the poor in Honduras and to encourage people to experience poverty.

about Shawn’s family experiencing poverty in the 1970s and how their standing in the community led him to believe that there was a better way to treat and help people out of poverty.

about how La Ceiba are helping the poor in Honduras.

about the importance of building relationships with individuals that seek assistance from La Ceiba.

the problems with micro-finance due to group lending and peer-pressure.

about the Two Dollar Challenge and you can get involved.

why supporting local leaders is the key to ending poverty.

about Shawn’s 7 year journey to finding a common ground in humanity.

why Shawn’s initial desire to feel significant while helping the poor is now a constant battle.

about Tribal Teaching and the pedagogy Shawn has designed and embraced to make a better learning environment and process.

and much more.

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058: Morten Jerven on Poor Numbers and Why Economists Get It Wrong With Africa Nov 12, 2015

Show notes

Morton Jerven is Professor of Economic History and Development at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

In 2014, Morton was appointed Associate Professor in Global Change and International Relations at Noragrica at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Morton has published widely on African economic development, and particularly on patterns of economic growth and on economic development statistics.

Upon the release of his book, Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It, Morton caused uproar across Africa and had been expelled from two conferences. His latest book Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong is now available on Amazon.

Morton is an economic historian, with an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics.

In this episode, you will learn:

why Morten was expelled from two conferences in Africa

about the knowledge problem that exists in economic statistical data.

whether economic data from African countries is intentionally misleading or if it’s a methodology and availability problem.

what is GDP and why is it used.

the problems with measuring GDP.

why the production approach is really the only valid method to measuring GDP.

whether we should allow Google and other companies that store big data to provide economic data.

whether cooperation or conflict between big data and official statistics will emerge.

how observing the brightness of countries from space is now being used to measure economic growth.

what the IMF does to missing data, such as GDP.

and much more.

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To access the shownotes and links mentioned in this episode, visit www.economicrockstar.com/morten-jerven

057: Alvin Roth on Match-Making, Repugnant Markets and Market Design Nov 05, 2015

Show notes

Alvin E. Roth is the Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

He is also the Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard University.

Professor Roth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory, experimental economics and market design and is known for his emphasis on applying economic theory to solutions for "real-world" problems.

In 2012, Alvin won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”

Alvin has a B.S form Columbia University, and earned his MS and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Alvin’s latest book Who Gets What and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design is now available on Amazon.

In this episode you will learn:

what economics is and if we need money to allow a market to operate efficiently.

about the price discovery process in economics.

what is match-making markets and how similar the labor market is to the dating market.

what is market design and why it is important.

how entrepreneurs and start-ups, like Airbnb and Uber, use market failure to solve a problem.

what is a repugnant market.

the difference between a thick and a thin market.

what makes a market thick.

about the black market for kidneys.

how kidney exchange works.

and much more.

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Check out the shownotes and links mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/alvin-roth

056: Campbell Harvey on Improving Significance Tests, the Importance of Positive Skew and the Future of Blockchain Oct 29, 2015

Show notes

Campbell R. Harvey is Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served as Editor of The Journal of Finance from 2006-2012 and is President-elect of the American Finance Association.

Campbell’s research interests include statistical methods, risk management, asset allocation, real assets and cryptocurrencies. He is the Investment Strategy Advisor to the Man Group plc, the world’s largest, publicly listed, global hedge fund.

In this episode you will learn:

why it’s important to use t-statistics and significance tests and how it can be improved.

about the very simple idea Professor Campbell Harvey applies to his statistical modelling to improve the robustness of his tests.

why it’s wrong to use 2 standard deviations to have 95% confidence when running many tests.

about ‘Significant’, the XKCD cartoon that illustrates the vulnerability of statistical significance testing.
why the level of skew in a distribution must play more of an important role in risk management and portfolio selection.
why Taleb’s Black Swan only looks at one side of the distribution - the negative side, and why we must also look at the positive side.
and much more.

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Check out the shownotes page and all the links mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/harvey-campbell

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