Economic Rockstar

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen is Managing Director (Europe) of Dunn Capital.

He is the founder and host of the podcast Top Traders Unplugged and also hosts the CME Group's podcast Managed Futures.

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Dan Hamermesh discusses his current work and his forthcoming book 'Spending Time' which explores the allocation and the use of time by gender, by region, by country and by economic factors.

The main focus of this conversation is on the economics of sleep.

Check out the links, resources and books mentioned in this episode over on the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/danhamermesh2.

If you enjoyed this episode, check out my other conversation with Dan from Episode 25 on the Economics of Beauty.

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Michael Covel is an entrepreneur and author of five books on Trend Following as well as host of his podcast Trend Following Radio.

His podcast and work on Trend Following can be found on his website www.trendfollowing.com.

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Loretta Napoleoni returns to the Economic Rockstar podcast to talk about her work and recent book on North Korea.

Loretta is an expert on terrorist financing and money laundering, and advises several governments and international organizations on counter-terrorism.

Check out the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/lorettanapoleoni or visit Loretta's own site at www.lorettanapoleoni.net.

Rebecca Moryl is Assistant Professor of Economics at Emmanuel College, Boston.

In addition to experience as an economist and public policy analyst, Professor Moryl has professional experience in operations management, fundraising management, efficiency evaluation and improvement, and program marketing.

Rebecca has served as a professional consultant to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and small businesses.

She integrates her work in nonprofits with teaching through student service projects and community events.

Professor Moryl runs the site www.audioecon.com which provides teaching resources based on economics podcast episodes from EconTalk, Freaknomics, This American Life and Planet Money.

Check out the show notes page for all resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/rebeccamoryl

Rakesh Ramachandran in co-founder and CEO of QBRICS, an enterpreise blockchain platform company.

Rakesh is self-thought in economics and created QBRICS based on his readings of Austrian economics.

He is a long-time listener to the podcast and I'm thrilled to to share this conversation with you.

check out the links, books and resources over at the shownotes page at www.economicrockstar.com/rakesh

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Abby Hall is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida and a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute.

She earned her PhD in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in 2015.

Her broader research interests include Austrian Economics, Political Economy and Public Choice, and Peace Economics, and Institutions and Economic Development.

Her work includes topics surrounding the U.S. military and national defense, including, domestic police militarization, arm sales, weapons as foreign aid, the cost of military mobilization, and the political economy of military technology.

She is currently researching how foreign intervention adversely impacts domestic political, social, and other institutions.

Check out the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/abigailhall

This is a continuation of my conversation with David Zetland which was pre-released on Patreon.

The first part of the conversation can be heard in episode 133.

Edward Castronova is professor of Telecommunication and Cognitive Science at Indiana University Bloomington. He pioneered the study of how money, value, and property flow inside online games like Everquest

Castronova’s paper Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier became the most downloaded paper in the entire database — beating out works by dozens of Nobel laureates. Today, it’s still in the top three.

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David Zetland is an assistant professor at Leiden University College, where he teaches various classes on economics. He received his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis in 2008.

He has previously featured on Episode 39 on the podcast.

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Enjoy!