Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.

I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

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This week's episode's a little different.

I think we've mentioned the nonprofit 80,000 hours on the program before.

It's quote dedicated to helping people have a larger positive influence on the world with

their careers.

80,000 hours being roughly the number of hours a person working full time spends on the

job over their lifetime.

80,000 hours has a podcast hosted by Rob Wiblin, who happens to be a big econ talk fan,

and he invited me to their podcast to talk about effective altruism, the empirical side

of social science, and utilitarianism, along with the idea that you should think systematically

about how to use your career to make the world a better place.

We're releasing that conversation here on econtalk and on the 80,000 hours podcast.

I want to thank Rob for a great conversation, which was recorded on August 28, 2020.

I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to check out the 80,000 hours podcast as well.

Today I'm speaking with Russ Roberts.

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