Russell David "Russ" Roberts (born September 19, 1954) is an economist and a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
He is well known for communicating economic ideas in understandable terms as host of the EconTalk podcast.Roberts categorizes himself as a proponent of classical economic liberalism.
He has said, "I believe in limited government combined with personal responsibility.
So I am something of a libertarian, but .
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that term comes with some baggage and some confusion."