August 11, 2023· 48 min

Paul Krugman on UFOs, AI and Room Temperature Superconductors

Paul Krugman

Orality

Model

93%

Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,046 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(2,295 words)

M:29%

GuestPaul Krugman(4,934 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic41%

absolutely, very, obviously

Engagement66%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, so, like

Repetition100%

like (124x), it's (89x), know (72x)

Parallelism71%

So have you heard the story ab..., And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So first of all, we had this i...

Sound Patterns56%

52 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases4%

you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging12%

could, may, might

Passive Voice5%

was inspired, is saved, was supposed

Abstract Nouns21%

investment, prescription, medication

Subordination6%

because, since, while

Sentence Length36%

Avg: 14.0 words/sentence

Word Complexity48%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers3%

according to

Impersonal Style34%

613 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

automatically, family, frankly

Description

There have been a number of news stories lately that seem straight out of science fiction. We've heard claims before Congress that the government is suppressing information regarding the existence of UFOs or aliens. There are computers that seem to think. And scientists in Korea claimed to have made an extraordinary breakthrough in the hunt for room temperature superconductivity. So how should we think about these things in terms of their potential impact on the economy? In addition to being a Nobel Prize winner and a columnist for the New York Times, economist Paul Krugman is also an avid science fiction fan. In fact, he has credited science fiction for his original interest in economics, even once writing a paper on interstellar trade. He joined us to discuss all of these things, and how to view them through the economics lens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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