Economic Rockstar
052: Alex Tabarrok on Globalisation, Bounty Hunters and Leveraging Online Education
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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