Russ Roberts has put togther an impressive collection of economics podcasts. Many of the podcasts provide great background to aspects of the current crisis in the the finance markets. Here's a selection:
- Arnold Kling talks with Russ Roberts about the economics of the housing market and the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Robert Shiller of Yale University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current housing mess and related financial market problems. Shiller argues that the decade-long run up in housing prices was a bubble where speculative fervor outweighed any economic fundamentals.
- John Taylor of Stanford University talks the role of the Federal Reserve, monetary policy.
- Milton Friedman talks about his research, inflation, the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and the future.
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