<story><title>Six big economic ideas [pdf]</title><url>http://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/econbriefs.pdf?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eternauta3k</author><text>If this sparks your interest in economics, I highly recommend looking at Econtalk: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.econtalk.org&amp;#x2F;archives.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.econtalk.org&amp;#x2F;archives.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love the episodes with Mike Munger, because they usually cover basic economic concepts (and also Mike has a great rapport with the host Russ).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JackFr</author><text>Agree about EconTalk, though not as big a Mike Munger fan.  (I am partial to Richard Epstein as a guest.)&lt;p&gt;I cannot speak more highly of the host.  Among podcasts about ideas, Russ Roberts is absolutely remarkable and unique in his willingness and ability to give a good-faith, sympathetic venue for ideas with which he disagrees.  While he is willing to push back against ideas he doesn&amp;#x27;t agree with, he is always pleasant and always reminds the listener (and himself) that he is also subject to confirmation bias.&lt;p&gt;And while the focus is economics and public policy, he will interview nearly anyone with something to talk about.  I can&amp;#x27;t begin to list the things I&amp;#x27;ve learned about bees, the potato chip and snack food industry, prison gangs, etc.  Well worth anyone&amp;#x27;s time.</text></comment>
<story><title>Six big economic ideas [pdf]</title><url>http://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/econbriefs.pdf?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eternauta3k</author><text>If this sparks your interest in economics, I highly recommend looking at Econtalk: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.econtalk.org&amp;#x2F;archives.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.econtalk.org&amp;#x2F;archives.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I love the episodes with Mike Munger, because they usually cover basic economic concepts (and also Mike has a great rapport with the host Russ).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tptacek</author><text>Strong agree on Econtalk. I don&amp;#x27;t share Russ Roberts politics, but I think this is one of those cases where the ideological friction makes things better, because I&amp;#x27;m regularly surprised by where conversations on the show go.</text></comment>