Joe Walker
The Joe Walker Podcast
Well-researched interviews on ideas, technology, and policy. (Plus a recurring series on Australian public policy.)
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Joe Walker
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Jun 23, 2026
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Episodes
Rational Minds Part 1: A Nation Of Gamblers - Ed Glaeser 15.12.2020 32:43
Ed Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Show notes Selected links Follow Ed: Website 'A Nation Of Gamblers: Real Estate Speculation And American History', 2013 Ely Lecture by Ed Glaeser One Hundred Years Of Land Values In Chicago , by Homer Hoyt The Land Boomers , by Michael Cannon '25 years of housing trends' report by Aussie Home Loans Topics discus...
The Roaring Twenties And The Birth Of Consumer Credit - Martha Olney 07.12.2020 1:03:38
Martha Olney is an economist and Teaching Professor in Berkeley's Economics Department. Show notes Selected links Follow Martha: Website | Twitter Buy Now, Pay Later: Advertising, Credit, and Consumer Durables in the 1920s , by Martha Olney Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression , by Peter Temin Advertising the American Dream: Making Way for Modernity, 1920 – 1940 , by Roland Marchand Trai...
Despair And Indignation Among The American White Working Class - Arlie Hochschild 23.11.2020 1:11:18
Arlie Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Show notes Selected links Follow Arlie: Website Strangers In Their Own Land , by Arlie Hochschild Power, Politics, and People , by C. Wright Mills 'Ayn Rand and Modern Politics', article by David Sloan Wilson Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism , by Anne Case & Angus Deaton Topics discussed...
Back To The Future - Tyler Cowen 04.11.2020 1:28:52
Tyler Cowen is an economist and public intellectual par excellence. Show notes Selected links •Follow Tyler: Website | Twitter | Podcast | Blog •Stubborn Attachments, by Tyler Cowen •Ideal Code, Real World, by Brad Hooker •Utilitarianism and Co-operation, by Donald Regan •Peter Thiel interview, Conversations with Tyler •The Great Stagnation, by Tyler Cowen •The Moral Consequences of Economic Growt...
A Labor Intellectual's Plan To Rebraid Our Frayed Social Fabric - Andrew Leigh 19.10.2020 49:29
Dr Andrew Leigh MP is an economist and Federal Labor parliamentarian. Show notes Selected links •Follow Andrew: Website | Twitter •Reconnected, by Andrew Leigh and Nick Terrell •Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville •Bowling Alone, by Robert Putnam •Disconnected, by Andrew Leigh Topics discussed •What has Andrew's experience of the pandemic been like? 7:54 •Andrew's vision for Australian soc...
Frauds And Visionaries - Bethany McLean 12.10.2020 1:25:29
Bethany McLean is an investigative journalist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair. Show notes Selected links •Follow Bethany: Website | Twitter •The Smartest Guys in the Room, by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind •'Is Enron Overpriced?', Bethany's March 5, 2001, article for Fortune •'What Caused Enron?: A Capsule Social and Economic History of the 1990's', article by John Coffee •Bad Blood, by J...
The Rise And Fall Of Monetary Policy - Ian Macfarlane 04.10.2020 1:42:12
Ian Macfarlane was Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1996 to 2006. Show notes Selected links •Follow Ian: Website •The Deficit Myth, by Stephanie Kelton •Macroeconomics, by William Mitchell, L. Randall Ray and Martin Watts •'Indebted Demand', paper by Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub and Amir Sufi Topics discussed •Monetary policy. 4:44 •Modern Monetary Theory. 42:07 •Secular Stagnation and I...
An Ode To The Uncorrelated Thinker - Eric Weinstein 28.09.2020 2:19:24
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and the Managing Director of Thiel Capital. Show notes Selected links •Follow Eric: Website | Twitter •The Three Languages of Politics, by Arnold Kling •'Opinions and Social Pressure', paper by Solomon Asch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Housing Bubble Week Epilogue: Not All Bubbles Are Created Equal - Vernon Smith 27.09.2020 2:24:21
Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. Show notes Selected links •Follow Vernon: Website •Rethinking Housing Bubbles, by Vernon Smith and Steven Gjerstad •'Debt Deflation: Theory and Evidence', address by Mervyn King •'Is the 2007 US Sub-Prime Financial Crisis So Different? An International •Historical Comparison', paper by Rogoff and Reinhart •'Global Household Leverage, H...
The Meaning Of Human Existence, And The Search For Alien Life - Avi Loeb 23.09.2020 2:07:46
Avi Loeb is Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department. Show notes Selected links •Follow Avi: Website •The Myth Of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus •The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn •'The End of Spacetime', public lecture by Nima Arkani-Hamed •Rendezvouz With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke •'Glowing Auras and "Black Money": The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program', NYT article (16/12/17)...
Of Viruses And Vaccines - Peter Doherty 20.09.2020 1:20:30
Peter Doherty is an immunologist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Show notes Selected links •Follow Peter: Website | Twitter •'I'm 79, I won the Nobel Prize and I don't give a s---', AFR profile of Peter Doherty •Pandemics: What Everyone Needs To Know, by Peter Doherty •The (in)famous Imperial College paper Topics discussed •Has Peter always not given a shit? 7:32 •Peter's odd high...
The Housing Supply Myth - Cameron Murray & Ian Mulheirn 13.08.2020 1:41:37
Cameron Murray is a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney's Henry Halloran Trust. Ian Mulheirn is Executive Director and Chief Economist at the Tony Blair Institute. Show notes Selected links •Follow Cameron Murray: Website | Twitter •Follow Ian Mulheirn: Website | Twitter •Tackling the UK housing crisis: is supply the answer?', 2019 report by Ian Mulheirn •'Innovative Approaches to Reducing...
Inside Humanity's Infinite Improbability Drive - Matt Ridley 10.08.2020 1:44:14
Matt Ridley is an author, journalist, biologist, and businessman. His books have sold over a million copies. Show notes Selected links •Follow Matt Ridley: Website | Twitter •How Innovation Works, by Matt Ridley •The Origins of Virtue, by Matt Ridley •Zero to One, by Peter Thiel •Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin •The Innovator's Dilemma, by Clayton Christensen •'The Use of Knowledge in Society',...
Radical Uncertainty - Mervyn King 08.08.2020 1:47:03
Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013. Show notes Selected links •Follow Mervyn King: Website •Radical Uncertainty, by Mervyn King and John Kay •The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, by John Maynard Keynes •'Debt deflation: Theory and evidence', paper by Mervyn King •The End of Alchemy, by Mervyn King •Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, by Don Watson •T...
The Doyen Of Economics Podcasting On Death, Lockdown, And The Art Of Socratic Dialogue - Russ Roberts 22.07.2020 2:24:21
Russ Roberts is an economist and the host of EconTalk. Show notes Selected links •Follow Russ Roberts: Website | Twitter •EconTalk •Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories, by Ed Leamer •Fooled By Randomness, by Nassim Taleb •Systemic Risk of Pandemic Via Novel Pathogens -- Coronavirus', paper by Joe Norman, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and Nassim Taleb •'To philosophize is to learn how to die', essay by Montaigne...
The Life and Times of a Thoroughly liberal Prime Minister - Malcolm Turnbull 24.04.2020 1:22:17
Malcolm Turnbull was Australia's 29th Prime Minister. Show notes Selected links •Follow Malcolm Turnbull: Website | Twitter •A Bigger Picture, by Malcolm Turnbull •Malcolm's speech at the 2010 Deakin Lectures •Malcolm's speech at the 2010 BZE Stationary Energy Plan launch •'Condolence on the Death of Robert Hughes', 2012 speech by Malcolm Turnbull •Malcolm's 2015 speech challenging Tony Abbott's l...
How To Put The Economy Into A Coma - Chris Edmond & Steve Hamilton 01.04.2020 1:31:19
Chris Edmond and Steve Hamilton are Australian economists. Show notes Selected links •Follow Chris Edmond: Website | Twitter •Follow Steve Hamilton: Website | Twitter •'A Rush Back to 'Normal' Would Be the Blunder of the Century', WIRED's interview of Larry Summers •'Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand', Imperial College London paper by Nei...
The Price Of Uncertainty - Chris Joye 26.03.2020 2:10:47
Chris Joye is Founder and Co-Chief Investments Officer at Coolabah Capital Investments. He is also a Contributing Editor with The... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How An Italian Town Conquered Coronavirus - Andrea Crisanti 25.03.2020 33:06
Andrea Crisanti is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Padua. He is part of the research team that eradicated coronavirus in Vo, a town in northern Italy. Show notes Selected links •Follow Andrea: Website •Johns Hopkins University's coronavirus dashboard •Data on testing by country •Marc Lipsitch's 18 March STAT article Topics discussed •The Italian crisis. 8:22 •Why has Lombardy beco...
A (New) Darwinian Left - Peter Singer (Live in Melbourne) 18.03.2020 2:02:22
Peter Singer is the world's most influential living philosopher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In The Foothills Of A Pandemic - Yaneer Bar-Yam 09.03.2020 2:09:59
Yaneer Bar-Yam is a physicist and the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute. Show notes Selected links •Follow Yaneer: Website | Twitter •Endcoronavirus.org •Dynamics of Complex Systems, by Yaneer Bar-Yam •Making Things Work, by Yaneer Bar-Yam •'Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)', research by Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie •Powers of Ten YouTube video •'An Introduction to Comp...
Coronavirus, Covert Influence, And Cold War II - Kevin Rudd 20.02.2020 40:44
Kevin Rudd was Australia's 26th Prime Minister and is the President of the Asia Society Policy Institute. Show notes Selected links •Follow Kevin: Website | Twitter •Mike Pence's Hudson Institute Speech (October 4, 2018) •'The Sources of Soviet Conduct', 1947 article by "X" (George Kennan) •Henry Kissinger's talk at Bloomberg's New Economy Forum (November 21, 2019) •'Chinese Communist Party Influe...
The Evolution Of A Renegade - David Sloan Wilson 17.02.2020 3:04:21
David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist. This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Freelancer.com and by Blinkist. You can find the Blinkist deal exclusive to listeners of this podcast at www.blinkist.com/swagman. Show notes Selected links •Follow David: Website | Twitter •The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins •River Out Of Eden, by Richard Dawkins •The Descent Of Man, by Charles Dar...
The Intellectual Wild South - Eric Weinstein 30.01.2020 2:56:42
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and the Managing Director of Thiel Capital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Silent Hero Of The Australian Economy - Ian Macfarlane 15.01.2020 1:39:01
Ian Macfarlane was Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1996 to 2006. He is the author of The Search For Stability and Ten... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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