Russ Roberts

5 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 7, 2019 by Russ Roberts · across every show →

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Aug 7, 2019 positive
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Roberts: Good economic thinking trains people to anticipate unintended indirect consequences
“It's easy to see the first round direct effects. The harder thing to see is the indirect effects, and that's what economics, when it's well taught, should sensitize you that way.”
Russ Roberts Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 15:46 EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders · Y Combinator
Aug 7, 2019 positive
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Roberts: Conversational audio teaches better than books by mirroring internal thought
“A book is, a lecture is a monologue. A conversation replicates maybe your own thinking processes and makes it more likely that the lesson will go in.”
Russ Roberts Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 15:03 EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders · Y Combinator
Aug 7, 2019 positive
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Roberts: Founders are driven by parental respect far more than money
“Anything you create, the mark you make on the world that you want your parents to see, is way beyond, I think, the monetary part of it.”
Russ Roberts Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 2:37 EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders · Y Combinator
Aug 7, 2019 positive
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Roberts: Humans possess an innate desire for transcendence, tribalism, and belonging
“The reason I love it so much is that I think we all have a desire to be part of something larger than ourselves, something that's transcendent. In history, that's typically been religion, but it's not the only thing. It's not even close. For some people, it's …”
Russ Roberts Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 53:15 EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders · Y Combinator
Aug 7, 2019 neutral
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Roberts: Individual academic studies rarely change minds because empirical research is flawed
“There's very little academic research that changes people's minds, right? People don't go, oh, oh, you did a study of the minimum wage. I've always been against it, but now I guess I'm for it, or vice versa. Yeah. I've always loved the minimum wage. I guess th…”
Russ Roberts Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 44:26 EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders · Y Combinator
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