Nobel Prize in Economics - the Importance of Contracts
On Morning Edition of October 12 Steve Inskeep interviewed Bengt Holmstrom of MIT. Helmstrom and Oliver Hart were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on contract theory. 5 min 16 sec, transcript available.
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Niall Ferguson on the rule of law and its economic consequences
Harvard economic historian Niall Ferguson gave the BBC's Reith Lectures for 2012. The general theme was The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012. In his third lecture, The Landscape of the Law, Ferguson asks "... what, if anything, developing countries like China can learn from the West about the rule of law." 42 min, transcript available.
Harvard economic historian Niall Ferguson gave the BBC's Reith Lectures for 2012. The general theme was The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012. In his third lecture, The Landscape of the Law, Ferguson asks "... what, if anything, developing countries like China can learn from the West about the rule of law." 42 min, transcript available.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Economics
Those studying law are also usually interested in economics. The University of Amsterdam's podcast series Law, Economics and Philosophy, part of the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, has posted an interview with Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University, about his new book Jimmy Sewart is Dead.
BBC Radio 4 is airing a three part series, the Story of Economics, to explore "why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right". In part one, 'Gods', Michael Blastland goes to Athens, where economics as a discipline began. In part two, 'Cogs', he goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of economics as a science which explains market mechanisms. In the final programme, 'Monsters', he goes to Cambridge - where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
Those studying law are also usually interested in economics. The University of Amsterdam's podcast series Law, Economics and Philosophy, part of the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law, has posted an interview with Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University, about his new book Jimmy Sewart is Dead.
BBC Radio 4 is airing a three part series, the Story of Economics, to explore "why economics goes wrong and whether it can ever go entirely right". In part one, 'Gods', Michael Blastland goes to Athens, where economics as a discipline began. In part two, 'Cogs', he goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of economics as a science which explains market mechanisms. In the final programme, 'Monsters', he goes to Cambridge - where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
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