Economic Rockstar

Edward Conard is the author of the New York Times top-ten bestselling book, Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About the Economy Is Wrong (2012), and his recent book The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class which reached #7 on the New York Times Bestsellers list and is #1  on the New York Times business book list month. He is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. and former Bain Capital partner. Ed Conard has debated economists, policymakers and journalists on topics related to inequality, the 2008 mortgage crisis, and the U.S. budget. He has appeared on television over 150 times, most notably when he debated Jon Stewart in one of the longest interviews in the Daily Show’s history. Ed has also written opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs and many other respected publications. Check out all the links, books and resources mentioned by ed conard at www.economicrockstar.com/edwardconard.

Deirdre McCloskey taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication. She was also adjunct professor of Philosophy and Classics there, and for five years was a visiting Professor of philosophy at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Since October 2007 Deirdre has received six honorary doctorates. In 2013, she received the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute for her work examining factors in history that led to advancement in human achievement and prosperity. Deirdre’s main research interests include the origins of the modern world, the misuse of statistical significance in economics and other sciences, and the study of capitalism, among many others. Deirdre has written 17 books and around 400 scholarly pieces on topics ranging from technical economics and statistical theory to transgender advocacy and the ethics of the bourgeois virtues. Her latest book, Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital

Jonathan McEvoy is currently an undergrad student of economics at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland. He was recently recognised for being in the top 5% of the Business School at W.I.T, earning the honour of being on the Deans List for Academic Achievement. Jonathan has a unique understanding of the world around us and, together with his love of economics, has a unique perspective on the economics discipline. Jonathan’s desire to discover and explore the multitude of economic thinking, from Keynesianism to Marxism, has resulted in him creating a blog called Economics - Thoughts of a Student which can be found at jonathanmcevoy888.blogspot.com. His recent career history has prepared him well to be great public speaker and communicator. Jonathan is also an athlete and a top soccer player, having spent time with English Premier League clubs Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. Jonathan’s interests also include Health, Human Rights, Politics, Civil Rights, Poverty Alleviation and Science and Technolog

Dr. Stuti Khemani is a Senior Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank. She joined through the Young Professionals Program after obtaining a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Khemani's area of research is the political economy of public policy choices, and institutional reforms for development. Her work is published in leading economics and political science journals, such as the American Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics and American Political Science Review. Stuti has studied the impact of electoral politics on fiscal policy and intergovernmental fiscal relations; drawn policy implications for the design of institutions to promote fiscal responsibility; and analyzed political constraints to efficient allocation of resources for health and education services. She is also the lead author of the forthcoming Policy Research Report ‘Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement’. Her research and advis

Greg Mankiw is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. His research includes work on price adjustment, consumer behavior, financial markets, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic growth. He has written two popular textbooks—the intermediate-level textbook Macroeconomics and the introductory textbook Principles of Economics. Principles of Economics has sold over two million copies and has been translated into twenty languages. In addition to his teaching, research, and writing, Professor Mankiw has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an adviser to the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and New York, and a member of the ETS test development committee for the advanced placement exam in economics. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Check out all the links, resources and books mentioned by Professor Mankiw at www.economicrockstar.com/gregmankiw

Beatrice Cherrier is an assistant professor at the University of Caen, France. Professor Cherrier's research includes the history of postwar economics and how economists’ individual visions combine in collective “styles” of doing economics. Her current research project is aimed at understanding the rise of applied economics from the mid-1960s onwards. Beatrice is affiliated with CREM, the Centre for Research in Economics and Management, where she researches alongside social choice theorists. She teaches in a urban studies department, and is experimenting on her students to figure out how to get non-economists interested in the “dismal” science. Professor Cherrier blogs on her personal website beatricecherrier.wordpress.com as well as for the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Check out the links, books and resources mentioned by Professor Cherrier at www.economicrockstar.com/beatricecherrier

Julia Norgaard is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at George Mason University.  Julia is also a Ph.D. Fellow at the Mercatus Center and a Graduate Lecturer at George Mason University.  Her interests include development and institutional economics as well as public choice. Julia’s teaching include Managerial Economics, Public Choice Economics, Economic Development of Developing Nations and Economies in Transition. She received her Masters degree in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in 2015.  Julia graduated with a B.A. in economics with a minor in mathematics from The University of San Diego in 2012.  Check out the show notes for all links mentioned during this episode at economicrockstar.com/julianorgaard  

Steven Horwitz is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and is currently Visiting Scholar at Ball State University, Indiana. Professor Horwitz is also an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center Virgina, a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Canada, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Steve is the author of three books, Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order, Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective, and Hayek's Modern Family:  Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions. He has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary theory and history, and American economic history. Steve has a series of popular YouTube videos for the Learn Liberty series from the Institute for Humane Studies and blogs at "Bleeding Heart Libertarians" and writes regularly for FEE.org. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, he has a PhD in Economics from George

Dr. Jaclyn Lindo is an economics instructor at the University of Hawaii’s Kapiolani Community College where she teaches principles-level courses and advise the Economics and Business Club. Dr. Lindo flipped all of her courses using a combination of publisher-produced videos and her own problem-based, collaborative in-class assignments. She strives to make her course material as relevant to students' experiences and interests by using pop culture as well as integrating local issues. Jaclyn will be part of the first cohort of faculty to integrate land-based learning into their pedagogy with the aim of promoting learning that is rooted in Native Hawaiin values, place-based research, and community engagement to understand community needs. Jaclyn previously lectured on health economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, continuing with her expertise as the senior health economist at Hawaii Health Information Corporation. While there, Jaclyn researched healthcare policy and outcomes at the national and local lev

Michael Kofoed is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Professor Kofoed’s research focuses on the economics of higher education including the effects of financial aid on student outcomes, pricing behavior of for-profit universities, and measuring the effects of randomly assigned peers and mentors. Michael has numerous published and forthcoming papers and his book chapter “Price Discrimination", co-authored with David Mustard, features in Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance. Michael received his PhD from the University of Georgia with the PhD title Essays on the Economics of Student Financial Aid and a BS in Quantitaive Economics from Weber State University. All links resources and books mentioned by Michael in this episode can be found at www.economicrockstar.com/michaelkofoed Thanks for listening!

Jana Gallus is an assistant professor in the strategy group at UCLA Anderson. Professor Gallus’s research interests lie in behavioral economics and strategy, with a focus on non-financial incentives and their effects on decision-making. Jana investigates how incentive schemes can be designed to enhance employee motivation and organizational performance in the private and nonprofit sectors. Jana joined UCLA from Harvard, where she was a postdoctoral fellow. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zurich, with the distinction summa cum laude, and holds two master’s degrees, from Sciences Po Paris in France and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Jana describes herself as an economist with a keen interest in studying and designing incentives to motivate human behaviour. Her research and teaching lie at the intersection of strategy, economics and psychology. Check out the show notes page for all the links, books and resources mentioned by Professor Gallus at www.economicrockstar.com/ja

Russ Roberts is Associate Editor, founder and host of the popular and much loved podcast EconTalk, and founding advisory board member of the Library of Economics and Liberty. Russ is the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. His two rap videos on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek, created with filmmaker John Papola, have had more than eight million views on YouTube. Russ’ latest book How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness takes the lessons from Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments and applies them to modern life. Russ is also the author of three economic novels teaching economic lessons and ideas through fiction. The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity, The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance and The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism. Russ blogs at CafeHayek.com and archives his work at russroberts.info. Check out the links, books and resources mentioned by

Dr. Brian Mills is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida within the Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management specializing in Managerial Sports Economics. Professor Mills is also Associate Research Faculty within the Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute (EFTI). Brian’s research interests encompass topics such as the sports labor market, industrial organization and sports league policy, public policy and economic development related to sport, and advanced analytics in the sports business. He is especially interested in applying economic lessons and quantitative analysis to problems that sport managers face in their everyday decision making. Brian’s work and research interests can be found at brianmmills.com and at princeofslides.blogspot. Brian is now offering a new course called Exploring Pitch Data with R over at Data Camp. Check out the show notes page for all the links, books and resources mentioned by Brian at www.economicrockstar.com/brianmills

Matías Vernengo is Professor of Economics at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Vernengo is co-author of ‘Conta de Juros Grande & Favela’ and has also edited four books including ‘Banking, Monetary Policy and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation - Essays in the Tradition of Jane D’Arista’ He has published over fifty academic and popular articles, and contributes to the blogs Naked Keynesianism and Triple Crisis. He is also the co-editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics (ROKE). Matías’ methodological view emphasizes the importance of the history of ideas for the development of economic theory, and is based on the surplus approach of the classical political economy authors and Marx and the heterodox followers of Keynes. Dr. Vernengo has written on the effects of external liberalization in Latin America and alternatives to the Washington Consensus, on the international role of the dollar, on current monetary and fiscal policy, on macroeconomic policy during the 1930s and on the history

Christopher Coyne is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and the Associate Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center. He also serves as Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Economics. Professor Coyne serves as the Co-Editor of The Review of Austrian Economics, the Co-Editor of The Independent Review, the Co-Editor of Advances in Austrian Economics, and the Book Review Editor of Public Choice. Chris has authored numerous academic articles, book chapters, and policy studies and his research interests include political economy and military intervention. Professor Coyne is the author or co-author of numerous books including Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? and After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy. He is also the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics and The Handbook on the Political Economy of War. In 2016 Chris was selected as a recipient of George Mason Uni

Dr. Emily Skarbek is a Lecturer in Political Economy at King's College London. Emily’s research examines the role of voluntary associations in solving complex public goods problems after natural disasters. Her empirical approach is three-pronged, drawing on archives, historical sources, and field-work following large-scale natural disasters. In addition, Emily has a passion for the history of economic thought, which she believes can play a key role in advancing contemporary debates. She is particularly interested in the epistemic arguments of Friedrich Hayek. In 2014, Emily was awarded the annual Gordon Tullock prize for best article published in Public Choice by a junior scholar. She is also a contributing author to several books including After Katrina: The Political Economy of Disaster and Community Rebound and Hayek and the Modern World. Dr. Skarbek received her PhD in Economics from George Mason University and was previously an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University and a Fellow at the Center f

Rodney Fort is Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan after spending 23 years in an economics department at various universities. Professor Fort teaches Sports Economics and Research Methods for Sport Management and research interests include sport economics, regulation and microeconomics. Rodney is a recognized authority on sports economics and business, both in the U.S. and internationally.  He has written 7 books including the best seller Sports Economics, 63 refereed journal articles, and 56 other publications that cover sports topics as diverse as cross-subsidies in U.S. sports leagues to comparative analysis of North American and world sports leagues. Rodney also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sports Economics, the International Journal of Sport Finance, and Managerial and Decision Economics.  He also currently serves as a vice-president of the International Association of Sports Economists. Rodney’s work includes being a sports economics consultant, writes for num

Kirk Du Plessis is a full-time options trader, real estate investor, stay-at-home Dad and personal trading coach. His background and experience includes time on Wall Street as an investment banker, a senior stock analyst and a senior loan officer. Kirk is the Founder and Fund Manager at Option Alpha, an online education and training platform for options traders with students from 42 different countries around the world. You can grab his completely FREE 12-Part Video Training Course which will help you discover how to trade options for consistent monthly income over at optionalpha.com. Kirk was recently featured in Barron’s Magazine as a contributor to their Annual Broker’s Review. Kirk’s podcast, The Option Alpha Podcast, features great tips, advice and explanations on all things options trading. Check out the show notes page for all links and resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/kirk

Peita Diamantidis is an Author, Financial Adviser and Financial Literacy Advocate. She combines maths and finance with a passion for communicating leading her on a mission to empower the public to take charge of their finances. Her easy to understand financial explanations ensure her clients have the tools and information they need to make key financial decisions. With a background in Actuarial Studies and economics, Peita delivers a deep understanding of the fundamentals of money and finance through the companies that she co-founded: Zaptitude, DeltaPlan Financial Services and Caboodle Financial Services. With a quirky sense of humour and a deep and abiding love of movies, Peita is in the unique position of being able to use humour and storytelling to communicate the best way to approach an individual’s finances. Peita is author of Finance Action Hero. Check out the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/peita

Dr Cameron K. Murray  is an economist with a passion for improving society. Cameron writes under the pseudonym Rumplestatskin.  Cameron has a broad range of interests and a diverse background in property development, environmental economics research and economic regulation.  In his writings, Cameron aims to bring reliable insights from the academic and technical literature into the mainstream economic debate. Cameron thinks that economics could be much better than it is, which is why he often write about very fine technical points of economic theory, and the nature of the profession. Dr Murray specialises in property markets, environmental economics and corruption. Cameron maintains an internationally renowned personal blog called Fresh Economic Thinking and also writes for MacroBusiness, IDEA economics and Evonomics. He recently completed a PhD at the University of Queensland on the economics of corruption. You can get all the links, resources and books mentioned by Dr. Murray in the show notes page at www.e