Every book James Heckman recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by James Heckman

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   Theory of the Consumption Function

   Milton Friedman · Discussed · 1 episode

   Theory of the Consumption Function by Milton Friedman is a classic economics text that presents a revolutionary framework for understanding how individuals make spending and saving decisions over time.

   Discussed

   “this is a basic idea that what i'm drawing on is a very old idea and it's actually written in it's an it's an important component of milton friedman's old book on the consumption function which sounds like light years away from the current discussion”

   EconTalk James Heckman on Inequality and Economic Mobility 2021-07-26 Listen at 47:03

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