Episode · EconTalk · 2021-03-22

Russ Roberts & Megan McArdle: books mentioned on EconTalk (Mar 2021)

Megan McArdle on Catastrophes and the Pandemic

1 book · With Megan McArdle · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Whether it's a pandemic or a Texas-sized ice storm that leaves millions of people without power, we'd like to avoid a repetition. Megan McArdle of the Washington Post talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenge of learning the right lessons from the current crisis in order to prevent the next one.

Russ Roberts discussed Where We Are by Roger Scruton.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. Where We Are

   Where We Are

   Roger Scruton · at 0:57

   Where We Are by Roger Scruton is a reflective examination of national identity, home, and the deep emotional attachment people form toward specific places.

   Discussed

   “megan and i are going to talk about a book by roger scrutin called where we are roger scrutin passed away last year but his book struck me as an important contribution to the question of who we are not just in the uk but elsewhere as well i thought it would be a great conversation”

   Russ Roberts Megan McArdle on Catastrophes and the Pandemic 2021-03-22 Listen at 0:57

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