Best of “Bloomberg on the Economy”

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Excellent series of podcasts by Tom Keene of Bloomberg on the Economy. Highlights include conversations with Nobel Laureates, professors and top economists.

Great stuff.

If you don’t use iTunes, there is a listing of podcasts at Bloomberg.com after the jump . . .

"Best of Bloomberg on the Economy" is podcasted at Bloomberg.com and also on iTunes under new releases and business news.

Credit Crisis Continues Amid Uncertainty and Recession

     Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Tom Keene talks about the credit
crisis with Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly
Improbable,” investor David Goldman, Martin Feldstein of Harvard University,
Allan Meltzer of Carnegie Mellon University, James Poterba of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Peter Fisher of BlackRock Inc., Mohamed
El-Erian of Pacific Investment Management Co., David Malpass of Encima Global
LLC and Thomas Mayer of Deutsche Bank AG.

John Templeton Remembered by Lynch, Cohen, Gross, Carey

     July 9 (Bloomberg) — Peter Lynch, vice chairman at Fidelity Management &
Research, Abby Joseph Cohen, senior investment strategist at Goldman Sachs
Group Inc., William Gross, co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment
Management Co. and John Carey, manager of the Pioneer Fund at Pioneer
Investment Management, talk with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the legacy of Sir
John Marks Templeton, a pioneer in global investing who died July 8.

Phelps Discusses Rising Oil Prices, Low-Wage Work Subsidies

     June 18 (Bloomberg) — Edmund Phelps of Columbia University, and winner
of the 2006 Nobel Prize in economics, spoke with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about
Federal Reserve monetary policy, the European economy, oil prices and the U.S.
dollar. (This program was recorded on June 18, 2008, with supplemental
commentary from Oct. 18, 2006.)

Scholes, Ross, Merton Discuss Credit Crisis, Hedge Funds

     May 16 (Bloomberg) — Myron Scholes, a 1997 Nobel Prize winner in
economics, spoke with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the credit crisis and the
hedge fund industry. Stephen Ross, a finance professor at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, discussed arbitrage pricing theory. Robert C. Merton,
co-founder of Integrated Finance, Ltd. and a 1997 Nobel Laureate, discusses
the credit derivatives market. (This program contains commentary from
recordings on May 16, 2008, Feb. 24, 2006, and June 30, 2006.)

Meltzer, Malpass Discuss Fed, Economy, Central Bank Policies

     April 24 (Bloomberg) — Allan Meltzer, economic historian at Carnegie
Mellon University, spoke with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the Federal
Reserve’s discount rate cuts and the U.S. economy. David Malpass, former chief
economist at Bear Stearns Cos. discusses global central bank monetary
policies, the Fed and mortgage rates. (This program contains commentary from
recordings on Aug. 17, 2007, and April 24, 2008.)

Peter Bernstein Blames Subprime Crisis on `Too Much Math’

     Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) — Peter Bernstein, author and president of Peter L.
Bernstein Inc., talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about his book, “Against the
Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk,” Federal Reserve monetary policy under
former Chairman Alan Greenspan, his analysis of modern finance theories and
the work of the late author Robert Heilbroner.

Columbia’s Mundell Says China’s Banking System `Weak’

     Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Robert Mundell of Columbia University, and winner
of the Nobel Prize in economics in 1999, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene
about exchange rates, China’s renminbi policy and the U.S. economy. (This
interview was recorded in 2007.)

Stanford’s Kenneth Arrow Sees `Significant’ Climate Change

     Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — Kenneth Arrow, Nobel laureate and professor of
economics at Stanford University, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about
winning the Nobel for economics in 1972 with John Hicks and his theory on
global climate change. (This interview was recorded in 2007.)

Samuelson on Game Theory; Sen, Schelling on 2007 Nobel Winners

     Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) — Paul A. Samuelson, professor emeritus of economics
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a 1970 Nobel Prize recipient,
spoke with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the importance of “game theory” to
the global economy. Nobel laureates Amartya Sen and Thomas Schelling discuss
Nobel winners in economics, Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B.
Myerson. (This program was recorded on Oct. 15 and 16, 2007.)

Harvard’s McCraw Says Schumpeter’s Writings Embraced Change

     Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — Thomas McCraw, professor at Harvard Business
School, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about his book, “Prophet of
Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction.” (This interview was
recorded in 2007.)

Skidelsky Discusses Maynard Keynes’s Legacy, Biography

     June 4 (Bloomberg) — Robert Lord Skidelsky, a Conservative member of the
House of Lords and professor emeritus at Warwick University, talks with
Bloomberg’s Tom Keene in London about the legacy of John Maynard Keynes, the
Cambridge University economist. (This interview was recorded in 2007.)

MIT’s Solow Discusses Subprime Mortgage Market

     March 9 (Bloomberg) — Robert Solow, a professor at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in economics, talks
with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about financial markets and the subprime mortgage
market. (This interview was recorded in 2007.)

Historian MacGregor Burns Discusses Book `Running Alone’

     Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — James MacGregor Burns, U.S. presidential historian
and professor emeritus of political science at Williams College, talks with
Bloomberg’s Tom Keene from Springfield, Massachusetts, about his book,
“Running Alone: Presidential Leadership From JFK to Bush II – Why It Has
Failed and How We Can Fix It,” published in 2006. (This interview was
recorded in 2007.)

Dower of MIT Discusses Japan’s Economy, Relations With Asia

     Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — John Dower, history professor at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about Japan’s
political and economic systems, the country’s relationship with the U.S. and
the rest of Asia, and the role of the military in Japan after World War II.
(This interview was recorded in 2007.)

Chicago’s Gary Becker Discusses Milton Friedman, Social Policy

     Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — Gary Becker, professor of economics at the
University of Chicago and a Nobel laureate, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene
from Chicago about the legacy of economist Milton Friedman, who died Nov. 16,
2006, and the relationship between economics and social policy. (This
interview was recorded in 2007.)

Stanford’s Sharpe Favors Risk Sharing in Retirement Plans

     Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — William Sharpe, professor emeritus at Stanford
University and winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in economics, talks to
Bloomberg’s Tom Keene from Carmel, California, about his book, “Investors and
Markets,” the need for risk sharing in retirement programs, and economic
theories. (This interview was recorded in 2007.)

Milton Friedman Remembered by Lucas, Fama, Taylor, Peterson

     Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) — The legacy of Milton Friedman, the Nobel laureate
economist who died in 2006, is discussed by Robert Lucas, a professor at the
University of Chicago and the 1995 Nobel Prize winner in economics, Eugene
Fama, professor of finance at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of
Business, John Taylor, professor of economics at Stanford University, and
Peter Peterson, senior chairman of Blackstone Group LP. (This interview was
recorded in 2006.)

Friedman Discusses Fed Policy, Tax; Lucas Recalls Legacy

     March 9 (Bloomberg) — Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman
talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about proposed changes in the Social Security
system, including the establishment of private savings accounts, Federal
Reserve monetary policy and the outlook for changes in the U.S. tax code.
Robert Lucas, a professor at the University of Chicago and the 1995 Nobel
Prize winner in economics, spoke the same day about Friedman’s legacy. (This
interview was recorded March 9, 2005.)

Fogel, Economist, Expects EU Challenges, India Economic Growth

     May 10 (Bloomberg) — Robert Fogel, a Nobel Laureate in economics and a
professor at the University of Chicago, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene from
Chicago about the history of economics, the impact on the U.S. economy of
technology and life expectancy, and the outlook for growth in India and China.
(This interview was conducted in 2007.)

Nobel Laureate Spence Sees `Chaotic’ Economic Growth in China

     March 1 (Bloomberg) — Michael Spence, former dean of the Stanford
University Business School and co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics,
talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene from Palo Alto about Asia’s economic growth
and the outlook for global investment in technology. (This interview was
conducted in 2007.)

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