ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Russ Roberts is the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Roberts hosts the weekly podcast EconTalk—hour-long conversations with authors, economists, psychologists, historians, and philosophers. Past guests include Milton Friedman, Thomas Piketty, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Christopher Hitchens, Marc Andreessen, Martha Nussbaum, Mariana Mazzucato, Michael Pollan, and Bill James. Over 650 episodes are available at EconTalk.org and on iTunes at no charge.

His two rap videos on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek, created with filmmaker John Papola, have had more than ten million views on YouTube. His animated poem, It’s a Wonderful Loaf, an ode to the emergent order of our everyday lives, can be found at wonderfulloaf.org. His video series on the pitfalls of data and the American economy is “The Numbers Game” and can be found at Policyed.org.

His latest book is How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness (Portfolio/Penguin 2014). It takes the lessons from Adam Smith’s little-known masterpiece The Theory of Moral Sentiments and applies them to modern life.

He 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 (Princeton University Press, 2008), The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance (MIT Press, 2002), and The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism (Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 2006). The Choice was named one of the top ten books of 1994 by Business Week and one of the best books of 1994 by the Financial Times.

Roberts archives his work at russroberts.info and writes at Medium.com. His twitter handle is @econtalker.