Episode · EconTalk · 2025-02-10
Books mentioned on Minimalists and Hoarders (with Michael Easter)
Why do we buy stuff we don't need? Maybe for the same reason that some people can't stand stuff at all.
Michael Easter discussed The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and Wild Problems by Russ Roberts. Russ Roberts discussed The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a widely known self-help and organizing guide that encourages individuals to evaluate their material possessions by keeping only those items that spark genuine joy.
Discussed“and this was especially true after the the art of tidying up was that the name of the book”
Where to get it
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The Comfort Crisis
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is an exploration of how modern comforts and sedentary lifestyles negatively impact human health and well-being, advocating for the intentional reintegration of physical challenges.
Discussed“now in your book The Comfort crisis you talk about the importance of getting out into the real world the physical world doing physically demanding things”
Where to get it
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Wild Problems
Wild Problems is a guide by Russ Roberts that explores difficult life decisions which cannot be resolved through standard cost-benefit analysis.
Discussed“it's like uh you know it's like in your book Wild problems right this is like there's not a there's not a clear answer to any of this”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so when I was uh reporting my book scarcity brain I came across a stat and there was a range of stats”
“so one of the things that I write about in my newsletter and I had this in the book scar tobring 2 is like how do you how do you frame purchases”