Robert Smith
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2,515 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Aug
Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Planet Money · The continent nobody owns & everyone benefits from (Summer School) · 26 Aug 2026
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It's industrial knowledge and factory investment.
You know your oil curse from your Dutch disease.
They're the same thing.
You can throw out the term multiple equilibria at dinner parties.
It means multiple things that can reasonably happen.
But these are just vocabulary words that will help you on your final exam.
What we really hope you got from the season, well, what I got anyway, is the sense that there are lots of different ways to create prosperity and happiness.
There are multiple equilibria, if you will.
The principles of economics are the same from Oslo to McMurdo Station, where all humans who make trade-offs every day, who follow incentives, but every country has a different way of using those principles to hopefully create the most good for the most number of people.
We've had a few cautionary tales along the way, from the repressive government of North Korea to the currency misadventures of Argentina.
But mostly we live in a world where people do get richer, where there is less poverty and more technological marvels.
The secret to international economics is an open mind and the feeling that things can get better if we just learn the right lessons.
I want to bring back our Antarctica professor for a moment.
Natalie Stokel, any final words for the graduating class?
They're worthy of the honor, I would say.
What a fabulous class.
was really nice.
We're gonna we're gonna put that on the on the label.
Very happy for you to do so.
I will now read off every listener's name.
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