Link to the Show / Show NotesMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2006: Dr. Diane Coyle discusses with James Reese several of her books and her recent research on mobile phones in Africa. Books include Paradoxes of Prosperity, The Weightless World and her bestseller Sex, Drugs and Economics. The Soulful Science will be published by Princeton University Press in spring 2007. Areas covered: rules to remember to think like an economist; why should someone want to be an economist?; what is the weightless world and why is it important?; what are the paradoxes of prosperity; Dick Karl Marx understand technology and is he relevant today? What do you mean by soulful in the "The Soulful Science"? Will mobile phones replace cash in developing countries? Diane is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Political and Economic Governance, University of Manchester, and the director of Enlightenment Economics, an economics consultancy found at http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/ Previous interviews are archived at www.RadioEconomics.com Copyright 2006 Radio Economics ( Rating: Squeaky Clean (G) / 12.1MB / 62Kbps / 26min 27sec )
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