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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:

165: Stephen Wright on Valuing the Stock Market Using Equity q Nov 09, 2018

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Stephen Wright is Professor of Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

Previously Professor Wright worked at the Bank of England and Cambridge University.

He is co-author of 'Valuing Wall Street: Protecting Wealth in Turbulent Times' - an informative book published in 2000 warning of the high valuation placed on stocks at that time.

In this episode we discuss his work on valuing the stock market using a variant of Tobin's q - a valuation method put forward by the late James Tobin (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1981).

Check out the show notes for all links, books and resources over at www.economicrockstar.com/stephenwright

Support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

164: Nicholas Gruen on Data Sharing and Reform in Economic Thinking Nov 01, 2018

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Nicholas Gruen is CEO of Lateral Economics and is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator.

In this episode Professor Gruen discusses the need for reform in economics at both academic and policy level.

He also explains the importance of information and how information is poorly managed at the central planning stage but can be used effectively under the right direction if this information or data can be shareable both from the private and the public sector.

Check out the episode at www.economicrockstar.com/nicholasgruen

Support the show from as little as $1 per month over at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

163: Kevin Kelly on the Inevitable and Asking Questions of the Unknown Oct 26, 2018

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Kevin Kelly is cofounder of Wired Magazine and former editor of The Whole Earth Review.

He is considered a futurist and has written a number of books identifying technological trends and innovations, including his most recent book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future.

Check out the episode at www.economicrockstar.com/kevinkelly or watch it over on the Economic Rockstar YouTube channel.

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar for as little as $1 a month

162: Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand:Goddess of the Market and Objectivism Oct 20, 2018

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In this episode Jennifer Burns, Associate Professor of History and Research Fellow of Stanford's Hoover Institution, explores the life and work of Ayn Rand.

Jennifer's book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right was featured in this episode and is available at all leading bookstores.

Check out the links at www.economicrockstar.com/jenniferburns

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

161: Tyler Cowen on Stubborn Attachments - A Vision for a Society of Free and Prosperous Individuals Oct 11, 2018

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Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

He is coauthor of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University.

His latest book 'Stubborn Attachments' is part of our discussion in this episode.

Check out www.economicrockstar.com/tylercowen for all links, books and resources mentioned in this episode.

Support the podcast for as little as $1 at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

160: Arjo Klamer on the Value of Culture and Art in Economics Oct 04, 2018

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Arjo Klamer is Professor of Cultural Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

His recent book 'Doing the Right Thing: a Value Based Approach' looks at the human perspective in the economy and the firm. It focuses on the most important goods such as families, homes, communities, knowledge and art. It places economic processes in their cultural context.

Professor Klamer's other book 'The Value of Culture' is also discussed in this episode.

Check out the links at www.economicrockstar.com/arjoklamer.

Support the show at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar.

159: Diane Coyle Rebroadcast on GDP, Its Shortcomings and Alternative Measures Sep 23, 2018

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This is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with professor Diane Coyle. It first featured as episode 69 on 21 January 2016.

Check out www.economicrockstar.com/dianecoyle for all links, books and resources mentioned in this episode.

Support the podcast on Patreon for as little as $1 per month over at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

158: Robin Hanson Rebroadcast: The Age of Em and How Brain Emulations Will Double Economic Growth Every Month Sep 14, 2018

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This is a rebroadcast of my conversation with Professor Robin Hanson of George Mason University. Robin discusses his book the Age of Em and I decided to rebroadcast this after listening to The Joe Rogan Experience with Elon Musk.

Check out the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/robinhanson

Support the show at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

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157: François Allisson on Value and Prices in Russian Economic Thought Sep 08, 2018

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François Allisson is a scholar in history of economic thought and a senior lecturer at the Centre Walras-Pareto at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

His research interests encompass the whole history of Russian economic thought, with a special emphasis on the theories of value and prices at the end of the imperial period and the beginning of the Soviet era ( which covers the years from the 1870s to the 1920s).

In this episode we chat about pricing using the theory labour of value and on marginal utility, as well as the Swiss-based Russian economist Nikolay Sieber.

Check out the links, books and resources mentioned by François over at www.economicrockstar.com/allisson.

Support the podcast by leaving an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts or join me on Patreon at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

156: Peter Boettke on Hayekian Economics, Political Economy and Social Philosophy Aug 31, 2018

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Peter Boettke of George Mason University joins me once again on the podcast.

He discusses the Hayekian principles laid out in his new book "F. A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy and Social Philosophy".

Check out the links at www.economicrockstar.com/hayekeconomics

Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar

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