Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts
Born (1954-09-19) September 19, 1954 (age 70)[1][2]
Memphis, Tennessee, US
Academic career
InstitutionShalem College
School or
tradition		Chicago School
Austrian School
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina (B.A.)
University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
InfluencesGary Becker
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
Adam Smith
Ayn Rand
Websitewww.russroberts.info

Russell David "Russ" Roberts (born September 19, 1954) is an American-born Israeli[3] economist. He is currently a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem.[4][5][6] He is known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms[7] as host of the EconTalk podcast.[8]

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."[9]

  1. ^ "Velasquez-Manoff on Autoimmune Disease, Parasites, and Complexity". EconTalk. Retrieved 5 March 2014. I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1954.
  2. ^ "Birthday thoughts". EconLog. September 19, 2011. I turned 57 today
  3. ^ "Russ Roberts on Israel and Life as an Immigrant". Conversations with Tyler. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023. A lot of my management team at the senior level speak English and are Americans. Even though they're Israelis now and they're all citizens of Israel, as I am, they bring a lot of their American baggage with them...
  4. ^ "Russell Roberts profile". Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Russ Roberts (5 September 2012). "Joining Hoover full-time". Cafe Hayek. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  6. ^ "A New Leader for an Educational Startup in the Startup Nation". 19 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ^ Editorial staff (August 31, 2010). "In Praise of . . . EconTalk". The Guardian. London. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "EconTalk, hosted by Russ Roberts". Library of Economics and Liberty. Economics podcast for daily life. Weekly interviews with guests ranging from small business owners to Nobel Laureates.
  9. ^ Kenney, Allen (March 16, 2015). "Russ Roberts Applies Adam Smith to Modern-Day Issues". REIT.com and Real Estate Investment Trusts magazine. Retrieved July 21, 2017.