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 * __SOCIAL STUDIES PODCASTS__:** Below you will find links to podcasts related to social studies.

**__European History__**

 * [|History 5 (UC Berkeley)]: This course covers about the same chronological ground as our history courses in grades 9 and 10. There are 32 lectures on a multitude of topics. Margaret Anderson is the lecturer.

**__World History__**

 * [|Yale University World History]: Yale professors talk about their studies in world history.

__**Economics**__

 * __ After Words: Nicholas Wapshott, "Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics," hosted by Matthew Bishop, The Economist U.S. Business Editor __: 57 minutes
 * __Question__: How and why did Keynes and Hayek disagree?
 * __Description__: Acclaimed journalist and biographer Nicholas Wapshott’s tackles the virtues of the free-market versus government intervention in the economy. He discusses this clash and the two men who made the debate a central focus of modern economics with Matthew Bishop, U.S. Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist magazine.
 * [|Keynes vs. Chicago School]: 60 minutes
 * __Question__: To what extent is the work of Keynes still relevant?
 * __Description__: Greg Mankiw of Harvard University and Greg Mankiw's Blog talks about the state of modern macroeconomics and Keynes vs. the Chicago School. He defends his proposal to raise gasoline taxes and discusses the politics of tax policy.
 * [|The Austrian View/Hayek]: 64 minutes
 * __Questions__: How does the Austrian School explain booms and busts?
 * __Description__: Peter Boettke, of George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host [|**Russ Roberts**] about the Austrian perspective on business cycles, monetary policy and the current state of the economy.
 * [|Regime Uncertainty]: 67 minutes
 * __Questions__: What caused the Great Depression to continue for so long?
 * __Description__: **Robert Higgs**, of the Independent Institute, talks with EconTalk host [|**Russ Roberts**] about the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the effect of World War II on the American economy. Using survey results, financial data, and the pattern of investment in the 1930s, Higgs argues that New Deal policies created a climate of uncertainty that prolonged the Great Depression. Using consumption data, he argues that prosperity did not return during wartime, but rather after the war when government intervention in the economy subsided.
 * [|Keynesian Economics]: 65 minutes
 * __Questions__: What is the Keynesian explanation of the business cycle?
 * __Description__: **Steve Fazzari**, of Washington University in St. Louis, talks with EconTalk host [|**Russ Roberts**] about Keynesian economics. Fazzari talks about the paradox of thrift, makes the case for a government stimulus plan, and weighs the empirical evidence for a Keynesian worldview.
 * [|Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles]: 48 minutes
 * __Questions__: What causes the business cycle?
 * __Description__: Bob Lucas, Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at the University of Chicago talks about wealth and poverty, what affects living standards around the world and over time, the causes of business cycles and the role of the money in our economy.
 * [|Bubbles]: 60 minutes
 * __Questions__: What causes bubbles and what caused the economic downturn in 2008?
 * __Description__: **Robert Shiller** of Yale University talks with EconTalk host [|**Russ Roberts**] about the current housing mess and related financial market problems. Shiller argues that the decade-long run up in housing prices was a bubble where speculative fervor outweighed any economic fundamentals. He also discusses the genesis of the Case-Shiller housing price index and his idea for how it might be used to reduce risk in the mortgage market.
 * [|Wikipedia]: 41 minutes
 * __Questions__: Which is better, centralized systems with formal rules or decentralized ones without them? What are the benefits and drawbacks of **crowdsourcing**?
 * __Description__: Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, talks with EconTalk host [|Russ Roberts] about the birth and growth of Wikipedia. He talks about the role of Hayek's insights into the design of Wikipedia, how Wikipedia deals with controversy, the reliability of Wikipedia relative to traditional reference sources and the future possibilities for projects that rely on voluntary contributions of time and creativity. (From EconTalk)
 * [|Monkey Economics]: 10 minutes
 * __Questions__: Do we make choices rationally? Are we hard wired to consume?
 * __Description__: Laurie Santos, Yale Psychologist, discusses some insights that she has gained through her work with monkeys about human rationality and consumption behavior.
 * [|MIT World]: Lectures from MIT faculty on issues in economics.
 * [|Personal Finance]: These podcasts (University of Virginia) help teachers with teaching students to function effectively as consumers, savers, investors, entrepreneurs, and active citizens. Students learn how economies and markets operate and how the United States’ economy is interconnected with the global economy. On a personal level, students learn that their own human capital (knowledge and skills) is their most valuable resource.
 * [|Monkey Economics]: Laurie Santos, Yale Psychologist, discusses some insights that she has gained through her work with monkeys about rationality and consumption behavior.

**__Business__**

 * [|Personal Finance]: These podcasts (University of Virginia) help teachers with teaching students to function effectively as consumers, savers, investors, entrepreneurs, and active citizens. Students learn how economies and markets operate and how the United States’ economy is interconnected with the global economy. On a personal level, students learn that their own human capital (knowledge and skills) is their most valuable resource.

**__Psychology__**

 * [|Addiction]: Gary Greenberg, psychologist and author of //The Noble Lie and Manufacturing Depression//, talks with EconTalk host [|Russ Roberts] about the nature of addiction, depression and mental illness.