Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts
Born (1954-09-19) September 19, 1954
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina (B.A.)
University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
InfluencesGary Becker
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
Adam Smith
Ayn Rand
Academic work
School or traditionChicago School
Austrian School
InstitutionsShalem College
Website

Russell David "Russ" Roberts (born September 19, 1954) is an American-born Israeli economist. He is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and president of Shalem College in Jerusalem. He is known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms as host of the EconTalk podcast.