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    Economic Rockstar

    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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    055: David Skarbek on the Economics of Prison Gangs and The Social Order of the Underworld Oct 22, 2015
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    Dr David Skarbek is a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy and Undergraduate Exam Board Chair in the Department of Political Economy at Kings College, London.

    David’s research interest is to understand how people define and enforce property rights in the absence of strong, effective governments. His work has examined incarceration, gangs, and crime in the United States.

    David received a BS in Economics from San Jose State University and a MA and PhD in Economics from George Mason University. He previously taught in the political science department at Duke University.

    David’s teaching include 'Research Methods for Politics’, 'Economics of Crime’ and 'Political Economy of Organized Crime’

    David's new book is The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System (Oxford University Press). It examines how inmates create self-governance institutions to promote economic and social interactions behind bars.

    In this episode you will learn:
    • what makes states stable.
    • how prisoners trade in a black market economy.
    • why gang-based governance in prisons looks very different today than 100 years ago.
    • why big prison systems have serious prison gang problems compared to small prison systems.
    • how women prisons are better controlled as they are governed in a decentralised way.
    • about the control that prisoners in adult correctional facilities have control over minors in juvenile correctional facilities.
    • whether private prisons result in a larger prison population.
    • diminishing returns to prison years.
    • and much more.
    • Subscribe to the Economic Rockstar podcast on iTunes and get access to all previous episodes.
    • Visit www.economicrockstar.com/david-skarbek for the show notes to this episode, as well as the links to books and papers mentioned.
    054: Christine Exley on the Economics of Volunteering, Market Failure in the Homeless Dog Market and Wagaroo Oct 15, 2015
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    Christine Exley is Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Christine is also Co-founder and Chief of Research at Wagaroo - an organisation dedicated in re-housing homeless dogs to responsible and loving families.

    Wagaroo was founded to bring a simple principle to life: When it comes to getting a pet, it's time to make it easier for people to do the right thing! No puppy mills. No backyard breeders. Just owners, rescues, responsible breeders, and shelters working together to find great homes for dogs who need them. Find out more at wagaroo.com.

    In this episode you will learn:
    • the use of assumptions in economic models for testing.
    • how to encourage volunteering and whether monetary incentives work.
    • how a trip to Honduras changed Christine’s academic path from mathematics to economics.
    • how a story about an individuals’ plight can be a powerful message to have people react in a charitable manner, while the plight of millions with no media coverage of a personal story of suffering could become less powerful.
    • about Wagaroo and why Christine set it up to help save dogs from puppy mills.
    • what are thick and thin markets.
    • how to spot an irresponsible dog breeder.
    • about the family2family programme run by Wagaroo.
    • how localised knowledge is key to separate the responsible dog breeder from the irresponsible breeder.
    • why more must be done to regulate and protect animals.
    • how Christine saved a pups life from a dog shelter when she was 17 and became her family pet.
    • why people put in less effort once they hit a target.
    • about the motivating benefits of rewarding volunteers with gift cards rather than a cash equivalent.
    • how virtual rewards, like stickers and badges, can incentivize people to meet targets.
    • how people’s perceptions of a Pit Bull are an Econ 101 thing!
    • and much much more.
    • Check out the shownotes page to this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/christine-exley
    • Subscribe to the Economic Rockstar podcast on iTunes and never miss an episode.
    053: Helena Norberg-Hodge on Localisation, Trade Treaties and the Economics of Happiness Oct 08, 2015
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    Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures. A pioneer of the ‘new economy’ movement, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for more than thirty years.

    Helena is the producer and co-director of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness, and is the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, described as “an inspirational classic”.

    Helena has given public lectures in seven languages, and has appeared in broadcast, print, and online media worldwide.

    She was honored with the Right Livelihood Award (or ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’) for her groundbreaking work in Ladakh, and received the 2012 Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.

    In this episode you will learn:

    • how and why Helena decided to advocate for and promote localisation.
    • about Ladakh and how it was removed from the rest of the world.
    • how the global market was very destructive to the local market in Ladakh.
    • how globalisation destroyed the livelihood of farms and local businesses and created unemployment.
    • how the happiness and high self-esteem among the people of Ladakh was destroyed after a decade of economic development.
    • about Ladakh, where the Dalai Lama is the spiritual head.
    • about the phenomenal work Helena is doing to highlight the changing lives and economy of Ladakh and other regions.
    • about the true meaning of the real economy and how cheap money and speculation is destroying it
    • why the earth is so precious and must be protected before we witness irreversible and horrific damage.
    • and much, much more.
    • Subscribe to the Economic Rockstar podcast on iTunes and never miss an episode.
    052: Alex Tabarrok on Globalisation, Bounty Hunters and Leveraging Online Education Oct 01, 2015
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    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 a TED speaker with over 640,000 views of his TED talk, How Ideas Trump Crises.

    In this episode, you will learn:
    • how to ensure that criminals turn up of trial and to reduce the possibility of them becoming a fugitive.
    • why bounty hunters and bail bondsmen are best for the taxpayer.
    • why bounty hunters invited Alex Tabarrok to join them in a bounty hunt.
    • why a mother’s signature on a bail bond is the most effective way of making sure a criminal repays its due.
    • how the terror alert level results in an increase in police presence and results in a decrease in local crime.
    • whether the best teachers have a positive impact on the future earnings of their students.
    • if a country can have a welfare state and open borders.
    • why immigrants to the United States are the most entrepreneurial.
    • what Marginal Revolution University is about and who it’s for.
    • how to leverage the best teachers and leverage their experience.
    • how artificial intelligence and computer adaptive learning programmes will be the next wave of teaching and learning.
    • and much more.
    • Check out the shownotes and all of the books and resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/alextabarrok
    • Subscribe to the Economic Rockstar podcast on iTunes and never miss an episode.
    051: Eyal Winter on How Excessive Giving Ensures the Survival of the Human Race and on the Beautiful Mind of John Nash Sep 24, 2015
    Show notes

    Eyal Winter is the Silverzweig Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University and Economics Professor at Leicester University.

    He is a member and a former director of the Center for the Study of Rationality, an elected council member of the International Game Theory Society and an elected fellow of the Economic Theory Society.

    Eyal was awarded the Humboldt Prize for excellence in research by the German government in 2010. He has presented his work in more than 120 research institutes in 26 countries around the world including Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, Cambridge, and Oxford.

    Eyal's book Feeling Smart: Why our Emotions are More Rational Than We Think was published in January 2015.

    Eyal graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics before going on to study his doctorate in Game Theory.

    In this episode you will learn:

    • if there is a link between game theory and behavioral economics.
    • how the perceptions of human behaviour vary greatly across all disciplines.
    • if there is a need to have divisions in universities regarding the disciplines being taught.
    • how we can use emotion in a strategic way to make us better off.
    • why human evolution has not removed emotion if it’s considered a hindrance in economics.
    • the importance of training your rationality and emotions to work together.
    • why you should look at something from an outsiders perspective when dealing with an emotional situation.
    • how anger can be an emotion that can make you financially better off.
    • why love, empathy and sympathy can make you better-off in the way how other people treat us.
    • what Eyal Winter means when he says that there is logic in emotion and emotion in logic.
    • why it was fascinating yet frustrating for Eyal Winter when he met John Nash.
    • and much much more.
    • Check out the shownotes page at www.economicrockstar.com/eyalwinter
    • Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an episode.
    050: Dan Ariely on Irrational Behavior and the Importance of Our Environment When Making Decisions Sep 17, 2015
    Show notes

    Dan Ariely is Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics at Duke University in North Carolina. Dan’s interests span a wide range of behaviors, and his sometimes unusual experiments are consistently interesting, amusing and informative, demonstrating profound ideas that fly in the face of common wisdom.

    Dan is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty and his latest book Irrationally Yours is now available.

    Dan received a B.A in Psychology from Tel Aviv University, an M.A and PhD in Cognitive Psychology from University of North Carolina and another PhD in Business Administration from Duke University.

    In this episode you will learn:

    • about Dan Ariely’s traumatic experience resulting in severe burns.
    • how Dan found his love for psychology and behavioral economics.
    • why Dan will not be teaching his Irrational Behavior course on Coursera.
    • the problems with MOOCs like Coursera and why it is making the wrong choice regarding its open platform system.
    • why Dan was turned down for his first book - a cookbook and what advice he was given by a publisher.
    • why we as humans make very costly mistakes and what we can do about it.
    • how people eat more than they realise and how experiments in economics have shown this.
    • why we are bad at doing things that makes us happy.
    • the most common mistake companies make when making decisions or processing information.
    • if anger is a good or bad emotion.
    • the most surprising finding from Dan Ariely’s research.
    • the most surprising question put to Dan in his Ask Ariely column.
    • how your environment matters when making decisions.
    • and much more.
    • Check out the shownotes and the links to resources and books mentioned in this podcast at www.economicrockstar.com/danariely
    • Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an episode.
    049: Jez Groom and Jon Haywood on How a Cleverly Designed Nudge Can Change People's Behavior - Including How We Pee Sep 10, 2015
    Show notes

    Jez Groom is a behavioral economist and co-founder of the behavioral practice #ogilvychange in the United Kingdom.

    Alongside Rory Sutherland, Jez has created the Nudge Awards and Nudgestock, bringing the best in behavioral economics to the mainstream.

    Jon Haywood is the founder of Ambassadogs and has been working in the Advertising industry for almost 20 years.

    Jon has specialised in taking a more consumer (human) perspective of the marketing challenge, working with the likes of Rory Sutherland of #ogilvychange on understanding how behavioural economics can add a significant competitive advantage to the creative ideation process.

    In this episode you will learn:

    • how Ogilvy Change are bringing Behavioural Economics into the mainstream.
    • about Nudgestock which brings academics and practitioners together to discuss the theoretical and practical intersection of behavioural economics.
    • how a ‘Fat Stickman’ pointing to an escalator and a ‘Thin Stickman’ pointing to the stairs can nudge a person to take the stairs.
    • about the bathroom tip-jar trick that could net you more tips than ever!
    • how Ogilvy Change gave The Times newspaper a ROI of 250 in incremental sales on a 1 investment.
    • that offering customers too many choices can affect your bottom-line.
    • how we can nudge people to take the stairs rather than the elevator by creating 'The Piano Stairs'.
    • how we can encourage people to bin their litter by simply creating ‘The World’s Deepest Bin’.
    • how we can reduce the amount of urine that ends up on the floor by putting a sticker of a fly in the urinal.
    • why businesses and governments are now embracing behavioral economics.
    • and much more.
    • Visit www.economicrockstar.com/jezandjon to get access to the shownotes and all the resources, links and videos mentioned in this episode.
    • Subscribe on iTunes to get access to all previous episode and don't forget to subscribe so that you'll never miss an episode.
    • Jez Groom: www.ogilvychange.com
    • Jon Haywood: www.ambassadogs.nl
    048: Steve Hanke on Currency Boards, Moral Hazard and the Benefits of Privatization Sep 03, 2015
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    Steve Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics, specializing in currency boards. He is Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

    Steve is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and a member of the Charter Council of the Society of Economic Measurement and the Financial Advisory Council of the United Arab Emirates.

    Previously, Professor Hanke was a Senior Economist on President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers and was also an Advisor to the Presidents of Bulgaria, Venezuela, and Indonesia.

    In 1998, Steve was named one of the twenty-five most influential people in the world by World Trade Magazine.

    In this episode, you will learn:
    • what is a currency board and the reason why a country should resort to one.
    • about Bulgaria’s currency crisis in 1997, how hyper-inflation hit 142 percent per month and what Steve Hanke did to solve the problem.
    • why Bulgaria has one of the lowest fiscal deficits of any country.
    • why Montenegro dumped the Yugolsav Dinar for the Deutschmark during Slobodan Milosevic’s presidency of Yugoslavia.
    • how Montenegro will join the euro currency without having to do a currency changeover.
    • if it makes sense to leave a currency board to join a monetary union and giving up fiscal autonomy.
    • why it’s best for Bulgaria to stay outside the eurozone due to the issue of moral hazard.
    • why Greece ran up a fiscal deficit of 12.7% of GDP when the Maastricht Treaty stated a strict adherence to a maximum level of 3%.
    • how a currency board removes the moral hazard of a unified currency area by financing spending with current taxes or the private bond market.
    • if Greece should abandon the euro and set up a currency board and pegging their currency with the euro.
    • about Ronald Reagan’s privatisation programme in the US in the early 1980s.
    • what Hayek was like as a person and what he thought of Ronald Reagan, The Intellectual.
    • and much more.
    • Subscribe to the Economic Rockstar podcast on iTunes and get access to all previous episodes.
    • Prefessor Hanke recommended the book The Essential Hayek by Donald Boudreaux which is currently a Free Kindle download.
    047: Victor Ricciardi on The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing Aug 27, 2015
    Show notes

    Victor Ricciardi is Finance Professor at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland where he teaches courses in personal financial planning, corporate finance, investments, behavioral finance, and the psychology of money.

    Victor is the Coordinator of Behavioral & Experimental Research for the Social Science Research Network also known as SSRN.

    Victor is the current Editor for seven SSRN eJournals including Behavioral & Experimental Finance, History of Finance, and Behavioral & Experimental Economics.

    He received his PhD from Golden Gate University and his MBA from St. John's University.

    Victor’s current book Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing with co-editor Kent Baker is now available and has 30 chapters on emerging research in behavioral finance.

    In this episode, you will learn:
    • the difference between Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Finance.
    • the rational approach to investing and whether it exists.
    • what bounded rationality really means.
    • if companies help you make decisions for their own personal benefit.
    • how framing can be a powerful tool to help customers make decisions.
    • the importance of financial literacy at different stages of your life.
    • the similarities between behavioral economics and marketing.
    • the future of Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Finance.
    • and much much more.
    • Check out the shownotes page to this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/victorricciardi
    • Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an episode.
    • Be in with a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card by taking the Economic Rockstar survey.
    046: Shanta Devarajan on The World Bank, Quiet Corruption, Government Failure and Comparative Advantage Aug 20, 2015
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    Shanta Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group, and the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network, South Asia, and Africa Region.

    Shanta was the director of the World Development Report 2004, ‘Making Services Work for Poor People’. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

    Shanta is the author and co-author of over 100 publications, with his research covering public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and general equilibrium modeling of developing countries.

    Born in Sri Lanka, Shanta received his B.A. in Mathematics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Economics from University of California, Berkeley.

    In this episode, you will learn:
    • why Shanta decided to take a sabbatical from lecturing and never went back.
    • about Shanta’s passion to end world poverty.
    • how experiencing living on a $1 a day with a poor family made Shanta realize that the failure lies with government.
    • how empowering people in poverty-stricken countries with information could be the catalyst to end poverty.
    • the huge government failures and market distortions threatening the economy in India.
    • why teachers and doctors in India are absent from work 25% and 40% of the time respectively and how this is affecting progress.
    • how the powerful medical union in India are making healthcare inaccessible to the poor.
    • about how crony capitalism is preventing SMEs from growing in the MENA region.
    • why Tunisia has failed to develop into an export-oriented economy due the legacy of the Ben Ali family and their connections to firms operating in heavily protected markets.
    • that the failure for governments to continue with social contracts due to high deficits triggered the Arab Spring.
    • about Colonel Gaddafi’s regime and how he managed to keep peace between tribes.
    • how water subsidies and water-intensive crops are depleting water resources in Yemen.
    • and much much more.
    • Never miss an episode by subscribing on iTunes and get access to all previous Economic Rockstar podcast episodes.
    • Join my community of educators - teachers and lecturers - who want to learn how to build a website, launch a podcast and create educational videos.
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