Russ Roberts
Russell David "Russ" Roberts (born September 19, 1954) is an American-Israeli economist. He is currently a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem. He is known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms as host of the EconTalk podcast.
Russ Roberts | |
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| Born | September 19, 1954 |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Shalem College |
| School or tradition | Chicago School Austrian School |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina (B.A.) University of Chicago (Ph.D.) |
| Influences | Gary Becker Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman Adam Smith Ayn Rand |
| Website | www |
Roberts describes himself as a classical liberal, stating, "I believe in limited government combined with personal responsibility. So I am something of a libertarian, but ... that term comes with some baggage and some confusion."
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