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Tim Ferriss · 2022-08-05

Russ Roberts — The Decisions that Define Us

Russ Roberts — The Decisions that Define Us

Recommended on this episode

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Keynes vs. Hayek Rap Videos (Fear the Boom and Bust / Fight of the Century)

Russ Roberts and John Papola

“i highly recommend both”
“his two rap videos believe it or not on the ideas of john maynard keynes and f a hayek have more than 13 million views on youtube i highly recommend both”— Tim Ferriss
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The Pretense of Knowledge (Nobel Prize lecture)

Friedrich A. Hayek

“so it's a profound piece and i recommend it”
“so it's a profound piece and i recommend it you found another web it's available easy to read for a non-economist”— Russ Roberts
BookRecommendedISBN verified

The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism

Friedrich A. Hayek

“i do recommend it if you're brave soul”
“it's dense it's very dense but i do recommend it if you're brave soul you could wait do some waiting it's very murky water at times”— Russ Roberts
MediaRecommended

May I Suggest

Susan Werner (inferred)

“a beautiful song about it called may i suggest which i recommend profoundly”
“there's a beautiful song about it called may i suggest which i recommend profoundly as a encouragement to pay attention”— Russ Roberts
MediaRecommended

You Will Marry the Wrong Person

Alain de Botton / The School of Life (inferred)

“alain de baton has a wonderful youtube video i recommend... fantastic short video”
“alain de baton has a wonderful youtube video i recommend on that's i think the title is you're going to marry the wrong person fantastic short video”— Russ Roberts
BookRecommendedISBN verified

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“great book it's a fabulous book”
“his first book was called fooled by randomness great book it's a fabulous book a lot of people's reaction to that book was oh there's nothing new in there”— Russ Roberts
BookRecommended

Probable Impossibilities / The Accidental Universe

Alan Lightman

“alan lightman the physicist has a wonderful book on this”
“alan lightman the physicist has a wonderful book on this he's an atheist but he talks about lying in a boat looking up at the stars”— Russ Roberts

The guest's own work

MediaBy the guest

EconTalk

Russ Roberts

“he founded and hosts the award-winning weekly podcast econ talk one of my favorites conversations for the curious with more than 800 episodes”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

Russ Roberts

“his latest book wild problems a guide to the decisions that define us explores the challenges of using rationality when facing big life decisions”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Gambling with Other People's Money

Russ Roberts

“he's also the author of gambling with other people's money how adam smith can change your life the price of everything the invisible heart and the choice”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

Russ Roberts

“he's also the author of gambling with other people's money how adam smith can change your life the price of everything the invisible heart and the choice”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Price of Everything

Russ Roberts

“he's also the author of gambling with other people's money how adam smith can change your life the price of everything the invisible heart and the choice”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Invisible Heart

Russ Roberts

“he's also the author of gambling with other people's money how adam smith can change your life the price of everything the invisible heart and the choice”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism

Russ Roberts

“he's also the author of gambling with other people's money how adam smith can change your life the price of everything the invisible heart and the choice”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

Russ Roberts

“part of what i'm trying to say in that book in wild problems is that there's more to life than the emotional ups and downs”— Russ Roberts

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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My Fair Lady

“i'll give you an exception my fair lady not a very pc or you know politically correct movie in modern times but it's a fascinating portrait”— Russ Roberts
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Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“he has a book called skid in the game skiing in the game is like the bread and butter of economics it's the whole idea that incentives matter”— Russ Roberts
BookReferencedISBN verified

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“i first read actually the the black swan and then went back to fool by randomists also read anti-fragile very popular among some former”— Tim Ferriss
BookReferencedISBN verified

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“i first read actually the the black swan and then went back to fool by randomists also read anti-fragile very popular among some former”— Tim Ferriss
MediaReferenced

Next to Normal

“watching next to normal and i think her name is rachel bay jones pour out her self in front of 2000 strangers and expose herself emotionally”— Russ Roberts