Jayme Lemke and Audrey Redford kick off our special series on Liberalism for All by tackling the regressive effects of drug regulation.
Peter Boettke & Shruti Rajagopalan tackle several different puzzles in economic development, influenced by Shruti's work on law and economics in India.
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we'll hear a book panel discussion of Chandran Kukathas's book, "Immigration and Freedom."
Jordan Lofthouse and Dan Shahar discuss the environmental economics and ethics of the meat industry.
Boettke and Candela finish their conversation on the science and art of economics.
In this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we'll hear part one of a conversation between Peter Boettke & Rosolino Candela on the science and art of economics. Candela draws on his experience from growing up in an immigrant family to discuss how it shaped his views on cultural integration in economics. He goes on to explore why he believes commerce creates peaceful, social interaction and how New York's cosmopolitan nature reinforced this view in his youth.
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke and Daniel Smith answer audience questions about their book, Money and the Rule of Law. Boettke and Smith address the issue of special interest groups in the formation of monetary policy and offer their thoughts on the possibility of a resurgence of interest in Austrian macroeconomics as they work through the questions. Listen in to see if your question was answered!
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke & Caleb Fuller embark on a tour of the many fallacies in economics as they discuss Fuller's latest book, "No Free Lunch: Six Economic Lies You've Been Taught And Probably Believe." Through an engaging conversation, Boettke & Fuller share how economics is about people, how they pursue their dreams, and what hinders them along the way. They address the ways in which economics is commonly misused in popular culture and offer a lens through which to view economic challenges in light of their impact on the whole of human society. CC Music: Twisterium
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we'll hear a book panel discussion of "Manufacturing Militarism: U.S. Government Propaganda in the War on Terror," written by Christopher J. Coyne & Abigail R. Hall. Applying a political-economic approach to the incentives created by a democratic system with a massive national security state, Coyne and Hall delve into case studies from the War on Terror to show how propaganda operates in a democracy. Peter Boettke moderates the panel, which is joined by two commentators — Randall G. Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University, and Risa Brooks, Allis Chalmers Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University.
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we'll hear part two of Peter Boettke's interview with David Levy and Sandra Peart on their latest book, "Towards an Economics of Natural Equals." As they conclude their interview, Levy and Peart discuss the issue of replication in archival research and how their scholarship is disciplined to avoid the pitfalls associated with it. They also address whether or not we can judge those in the past by normative standards we adopt today, rather than by what they were working with in their own time, and they consider how responsible a scholar is for the use of their ideas once they produce them. CC Music: Twisterium