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EconTalk · 2026-07-20 · 89 min · 15,681 words

Dwayne Betts on the Iliad

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Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem, and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to econal.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode, and find links and other information related to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done going back to 2006. Our email address is mail at econalk.org. We'd love to hear from you. Today's June twenty third, twenty twenty six. This is The second installment of the Econ Talk Book Club on the Iliad by Homer. My guest today is poet and author Dwayne Betts. This is Dwayne's fifth appearance on the program.

He was last here in June of twenty twenty four. Talking about Martin Luther King's letter from Birmingham Jail. Dwayne, welcome back to Econ Talk. It is such A pleasure.

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