Casey Mulligan on Cuba

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🗓️ 24 October 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about life in Cuba. Mulligan, who recently returned from a trip to Cuba, discusses the economy, the standard of living and some of the peculiarities of communist control.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:09.3	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.8	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.9	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.7	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:26.1	back to 2006.
0:28.3	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.8	We'd love to hear from you.
0:34.6	Today is September 9, 2016, and my guest is Casey Mulligan, Professor of Economics at
0:40.3	the University of Chicago.
0:41.6	He has written widely on labor markets, and in particular, the distance and of effects
0:46.2	of various government programs.
0:48.0	His latest book is Side Effects and complications, the economic consequences of healthcare reform,
0:54.0	and he appeared on econtalk in 2012 to discuss his book, The Redistribution Recession.
0:59.0	Casey, welcome back to econtalk.
1:01.0	Well, thank you.
1:02.0	I'm so glad that we have the freedom to enjoy a program like yours.
1:06.1	Well, there is something special about the United States, and I say that because our topic
1:11.8	for today is your recent trip to Cuba, which I found fascinating.
1:18.4	You wrote it up on your blog, Supply and Demand, and we'll put a link up to that post.
1:24.4	How did it come about that you went to Cuba?
1:26.8	How did you get there?
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