Michael Munger on John Locke, Prices, and Hurricane Sandy

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🗓️ 12 November 2012

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the gas shortage following Hurricane Sandy and John Locke's view of the just price. Drawing on a short, obscure essay of Locke's titled "Venditio," Munger explores Locke's views on markets, prices, and morality.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:11.0	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find links
0:16.3	and other information related to today's conversation.
0:19.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:23.3	back to 2006.
0:25.4	Our email address is maladycontalk.org.
0:27.9	We'd love to hear from you.
0:33.0	Today is November 5th, 2012, and my guest is Mike Munger of Duke University.
0:38.8	Mike, welcome back to Econ Talk.
0:41.5	It's great to be on the show.
0:43.1	Has it been five years, I think?
0:44.5	About five.
0:45.5	It feels like five.
0:47.1	It's actually been, I just looked.
0:48.7	It's been almost 11 months, which is your longest hiatus, if I may use an entertaining
0:54.6	word.
0:55.6	It's been your longest hiatus from the show.
0:58.3	I think I'd like to be like Mr. Ed.
1:00.2	I only talk, he only talks when he had something to say.
1:04.9	That puts you in a very small group in the academic community.
1:08.8	It's a very propitious time for us to talk.
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