A Conversation with Roger Myerson: Harmonicas, Xenophon, and Why Your Mayor Matters More Than You Think

episode

The Pie: An Economics Podcast not yet transcribed

▲ 0

Transcript

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet Upvotes decide what gets transcribed next — 0 so far. Sign in to upvote

Related

recent transcribed audio

A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA 1h 25m · 18 Sep 2026 · Hard Fork

Layoffs at the Kansas City Star will hurt local communities 15 min · 18 Sep 2026 · Kansas City Today

NPR News: 09-17-2026 8PM EDT 4 min · 18 Sep 2026 · NPR News Now

8PM ET 09/17/2026 Newscast 3 min · 18 Sep 2026 · Fox News Hourly Update

NPR News: 09-17-2026 7PM EDT 4 min · 17 Sep 2026 · NPR News Now

H4 Mike Sando, N2K, The Kicker 42 min · 17 Sep 2026 · The Program

Report any issue

Source

Recorded16 Dec 2025

Publisherfeeds.megaphone.fm

Handlerec:14691913

Show notes

In this wide-ranging conversation, Nobel Prize–winning economist Roger Myerson reflects on a career studying how rules shape human behavior, from optimal auction design to Ukraine's decentralization reforms. Myerson explains the foundations of mechanism design and incentive constraints, tracing economics back to Xenophon and arguing that local democracy is what holds democracies together.

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

Sign in