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Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big decisions of life—the "wild problems" of who to marry, whether to have children, where to move, how to forge a life well-lived—that can't be solved by measurement or calculation? In Wild Problems, beloved host of the hugely popular podcast EconTalk Russ Roberts offers puzzled rationalists a way to address these wild problems. 

In How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, Roberts examines Smith’s forgotten masterpiece, and finds a treasure trove of timeless, practical wisdom. Smith’s insights into human nature are just as relevant today as they were 300 years ago. What does it take to be truly happy? Should we pursue fame and fortune or the respect of our friends and family? How can we make the world a better place?

You do not need to be superrich to enlist quality financial services. From next-gen financial education to family governance, Your High-Performing Virtual Family Office highlights how a virtual family office can strengthen your financial well-being.

The young Roberts gives himself over to the world of hangars, cockpits, and the men who fly. He gathers what wisdom his father and other pilots offer. He earns his pilot's license before he is old enough to drive a car. At seventeen, he becomes the youngest licensed flight instructor in the United States. His story carries the listener from the skies of Alaska to the East Coast, then on to Greenland, Iceland, and Europe. Yet the great ambition, the airline cockpit, remains out of reach. This is more than a flying story.

EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of consciousness, the conflicts and history of the Middle East, and ...

A weekly visit to your average gas station. The highs, lows, trials and tribulations of working in the service industry. Listen as your hosts put a comedic spin on their harrowing ordeals. New episodes every Monday!

From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results. But what do you do when you face the big...

Traveling from Massachusetts to California in search of answers to his brother's mysterious death, Will McKinnon encounters an enchanting woman who plunges him headlong into the fight of his life. Accepting the challenge to be a hero, this city boy rides a horse aptly named Damn You into a harsh land where he doesn't speak the language, faces insurmountable odds against a gang of ruthless gunmen, and assumes responsibility for the fate of several young women.