Podcasts

These are conversations and news stories that supplement my course content. Most are about 60 minutes long and will play in any web browser.

EconTalk Podcasts

EconTalk is a great resource for long-form conversations related to economics. The website often contains additional information for those interested in the weekly episodes. I have listed the episodes that I have found most useful for teaching.

• EconTalk: Nathaniel Popper on Bitcoin and Digital Gold (8 June 2015)
• EconTalk: The Present and Future of Bitcoin (5 May 2014)
  Gavin Andresen: Chief Scientist of the BitCoin Foundation
• EconTalk: Calvo on the Crisis, Money, and Macro (21 October 2013)
• EconTalk: Admati on Bank Regulation and the Bankers’ New Clothes (8 April 2013)
  A brief description of how banks work and the incentives that promote the use of debt.
• EconTalk: Calomiris on Capital Requirements, Leverage, and Financial Regulation (5 March 2012)
• EconTalk: Fama on Finance (30 January 2012)
• EconTalk: Simon Johnson on the Financial Crisis (28 November 2011)
• EconTalk: Eichengreen on the Dollar and International Finance (6 June 2011)
• EconTalk: Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and the Financial Crisis (28 March 2011)
  Vincent Reinhart describes how off balance sheet entities can affect the riskiness of banks
• EconTalk: Taleb on Black Swans, Fragility, and Mistakes (3 May 2010)
• EconTalk: Gary Stern on Too Big to Fail (5 October 2009)
• EconTalk: Meltzer on Inflation (23 February 2009)
• EconTalk: Kling on Freddie and Fannie and the Recent History of the U.S. Housing Market (29 September 2008)
• EconTalk: Shiller on Housing and Bubbles (15 September 2008)
• EconTalk: Meltzer on the Fed, Money, and Gold (19 May 2008)
• EconTalk: Taleb on Black Swans (30 April 2007)
• EconTalk: Milton Friedman on Money - Part 1 (28 August 2006)
  EconTalk: Friedman on Capitalism and Freedom - Part 2 (4 September 2006)

Video Documentaries

• Bloomberg: Eugene Fama and Cliff Asness Discuss Efficient Markets (15 April 2016)
  Only 11 minutes 30 seconds
• CNBC: Market Microstructure Issues (1 April 2014)
  William O’Brien, Brad Katsuyama, and Michael Lewis
• VPRO International: The Wall Street Code (4 November 2013)
• VPRO International: Money and Speed: Inside the Black Box (31 January 2011)
• Nova: The Trillion Dollar Bet (8 February 2000)

Frontline Documentaries

• Frontline: Money, Power, and Wall Street (24 April 2012)
  Four-part series on the financial crisis.
• Frontline: The Card Game (24 November 2009)
• Frontline: The Warning (20 October 2009)
  The story of Alan Greenspan, Brooksley Born, and Long Term Capital Management
• Frontline: Breaking the Bank - Bank of America and Merrill Lynch (16 June 2009)
• Frontline: The Madoff Affair (12 May 2009)
• Frontline: Ten Trillion and Counting (24 March 2009)
• Frontline: Inside the Meltdown (17 February 2009)
• Frontline: Secret History of the Credit Card (23 November 2004)