Josh Luber on Sneakers, Sneakerheads, and the Second-hand Market

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🗓️ 18 January 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

How many pairs of sneakers do you own? Josh Luber of Campless and StockX talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the world of sneakerheads--people passionate for collecting and trading sneakers. Each week people line up to buy classic sneaker models Nike re-releases. Luber has collected millions of transactions from Ebay on these sneakers and others and has analyzed the return to investing in various sneaker models. The conversation includes a discussion of how Nike has helped to create this market and Luber's work creating a stock market for sneakers and other goods.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:09.2	I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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0:58.7	Today is January 5th, 2016, and my guest is Josh Luber.
1:03.1	He runs the website, campless.com.
1:06.4	And as far as I can tell, he's the leading authority on the market for athletic shoes or as they
1:10.7	are sometimes called sneakers.
1:12.7	I say he's the leading authority, but as far as I can tell, no one else is close.
1:17.0	Maybe no one else period.
1:18.5	Josh, welcome to econtalk.
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