Send us a text Matthew Continetti, is a senior fellow and the Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute. Today, we talk about his new book The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism . Continetti talks to us about the different terminology used to describe right-leaning ideologies, and how they’ve evolved over time. He also gives us a survey of the most important thinkers and events that have contributed to the history of the right....
Oct 07, 2022•52 min
Send us a text Darren Staloff is a history professor at the City College of New York and the author of two books: Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding and The Making of the American Thinking Class: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts . He talks to us today about the ideas at the core of our Constitution, the people who fought for it, and the results of those political conflicts. What is so special Want to explore more? Louis Mi...
Sep 30, 2022•55 min
Send us a text David Epstein is the author of New York Times #1 bestsellers, Range and The Sports Gene , and an investigative reporter at ProPublica. Today, he talks to us about Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World . Listen for generalist success stories! He explains when best to use a generalist approach, in sports, versus a specialist approach, in chess. We talk about how to integrate the generalist approach into schooling and everyday life to improve learning, and he gives me...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text Michael Cannon, Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies, talks to us today about health and health policy, reminding us of their definitions, goals, and importance. Learn about the origin of our current health care system, the different methods of obtaining health care (direct, government provided, employer-sponsored), and specifically employer-sponsored health care, which is the most common source of health insurance. What is “universal health care”? Do we really have ...
Sep 16, 2022•58 min
Send us a text William B. Allen, resident scholar and former chief operating officer of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, talks to us today about the book he recently edited, The State of Black America. He tells us about his upbringing and the current narrative about racism and policy in the United States. Is it a problem? What should we do about it? Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Sep 09, 2022•53 min
Send us a text Your criminal sentence doesn’t necessarily end when you get out of jail. Criminal records prevent many Americans from entering jobs requiring occupational licensing. 66 million Americans have criminal records; 30% of jobs require occupational licensing. Licensed jobs range from electrician to medical professional to hair braider. Matthew Mitchell is a Senior Research Fellow and the Director of the Equal Liberty Initiative at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today, w...
Sep 02, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Send us a text Jon Murphy, recent PhD graduate from George Mason University and incoming instructor at Western Carolina University, talks to us today about Adam Smith’s theoretical and practical exceptions to free trade. We explore whether Smith would have endorsed The Jones Act through his endorsement of Britain’s Navigation Acts. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Jul 29, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Send us a text Weifeng Zhong, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks to us today about the distinction between misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda. He leads us through his story of discovering the Tiananmen Square Massacre and how it led to the Policy Change Index project. We talk about hopes and fears for the future, along with some differences between the United States and China. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Foll...
Jul 22, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Send us a text Jason Fichtner, vice president and chief economist at the Bipartisan Policy Center, talks to us about retirement and saving strategies. He takes us through different types of savings accounts, why you should start saving today, and why you should start saving today. We also talk about starting to save later in life, how to save for and pay off big expenses, and social security considerations. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitte...
Jul 15, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Send us a text Clark Neily, senior vice president of legal studies at the Cato Institute, talks to us about upcoming Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. We explore her unique qualifications and the hopes that this brings, amicus briefs and how they are filed, and her judicial philosophy. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Jul 08, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Send us a text Peter Van Doren is the editor of the quarterly journal Regulation and is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he specializes in housing, land, energy, and more. Today, he talks to us about what energy independence is, whether America is energy independent, and if that is a good thing. He also talks to us about energy more generally, including nuclear and green energy. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram...
Jul 01, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Send us a text Daniel Klein, professor of economics at George Mason University and expert on Adam Smith, talks to us about Smith’s definition of justice. There are three types of justice: commutative, distributive, and estimative. Today we break down the differences between each and their applications in government and private life. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Jun 24, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Send us a text Walter Olson is the author of several books and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies. Today, we talk about the 2020 election and the increasing fears of election fraud. He talks to us about the different types of election fraud, the actual reality of election fraud, and voter suppression. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Jun 17, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Send us a text Inflation is always around, but it has been particularly worrisome recently. A startling departure from the United States' usual average of about 2% inflation, we faced 8.5% in the month of April. Where does inflation come from? What regulatory bodies aim to deal with inflation? How do they do it? Does it work? Today, Thomas Hoenig talks to us and answers all these questions and more, including his personal experience as President of the Kansas City Federal Reserve and on the Fede...
Jun 10, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Send us a text Arnold Kling is an economist and the author of the book The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across Political Divides. His substack, In My Tribe, explores many areas of economics and policy. Today, he talks to us about the divide in politics, explaining the need for his book and giving current examples. We explore affective polarization and the rise of polarization generally. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Insta...
Jun 03, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Send us a text Randy Simmons is the author of Beyond Politics and the director of the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University. Today, we talk about the field of public choice economics or, as economist James Buchanan calls it, "politics without romance". What exactly is Beyond Politics? What is a market failure? What is a government failure? Tune in for the answers to these questions and more. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twit...
May 27, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Send us a text Brian Knight, director of Innovation and Governance and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks to us today about woke capitalism. What is woke capitalism? Is this debate new? Will it benefit companies or backfire? Listen for all that and more. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
May 20, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Send us a text Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration. Today we talk about the United States's response to COVID-19 and the silencing of dissenting voices in the scientific community in the time of this national emergency. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
May 13, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Send us a text Philip Klein, author of two books and editor of National Review Online, talks to us today about the unprecedented move by Florida governor Ron DeSantis and the legislature to revoke Disney's special district status. We explore what special district status is, why this happened, what this means for conservatives (and the birth of fight club conservatives), and whether this is a threat to free speech. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook ,...
May 06, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Send us a text Henry Clark, professor and program director of the Political Economy Project at Dartmouth College, talks to us today about the French and Scottish enlightenments. We talk about intellectuals who influenced Adam Smith and their influence on him, and discuss Smith's originality. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Apr 29, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Send us a text Kenneth Elzinga, Robert C Taylor Professor of Economics at UVA , author, and antitrust expert, talks to us today about teaching economics, the importance of Christianity to his life and profession, and his work with antitrust. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Apr 22, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Send us a text Chris Coyne is an economics professor at George Mason University and the author of several books, including Manufacturing Militarism: US Government Propaganda in the War on Terror, coauthored with Abigail Hall. Today we talk about the US war on terror, propaganda, and its implications for free society. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Apr 15, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Send us a text Jason Brennan, professor of business ethics at Georgetown University and author of many, many books, talks to us today about the book he coauthored with Chris Surprenant, Injustice for All: How Financial Incentives Corrupted and Can Fix the US Criminal Justice System, and the distorting incentives in all areas of the criminal justice system. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Apr 08, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Send us a text Josh Rauh, professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and senior fellow at Hoover Institution, talks to us today about his career journey, what public pensions are, the public pension crisis, and more. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Apr 01, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Send us a text Lauren Hall is professor and chair of political science at Rochester Institute of Technology and a prolific author. Her most recent book, The Medicalization of Birth and Death , was published in 2019. She joins host Juliette Selgren to talk about the medicalization of birth in recent history; the role of hospitals, regulation, and liability; and young people's lack of appreciation for complexity. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Tw...
Mar 25, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Send us a text James Otteson is a business ethics professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of several books, including What Adam Smith Knew . He talks to us about Adam Smith, his life, ideas, and notable works. Also, I recently moved to Liberty Fund's https://www.adamsmithworks.org/ , go check it out! Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Mar 18, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Send us a text Abby Hall is an associate professor in economics at Bellarmine University and co-author of many books on defense in America with Chris Coyne. Their latest book is called Manufacturing Militarism: US Government Propaganda in the War on Terror. Today we talk about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a military drones), including the history of their use and the many consequences that come along with them. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebo...
Mar 03, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Send us a text Gary Leff, the chief financial officer at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and writer of View From the Wing, talks to us about airlines, airline bailouts, and travel tips. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Feb 17, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Send us a text Jason Fichtner, the vice president and chief economist at the Bipartisan Policy Center, talks to us about social security, how it works, and the future of the program. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Feb 10, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Send us a text Today I talk with Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic and author of many books including Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought. We discuss his newest book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, and the lack of free speech culture on college campuses. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....
Feb 03, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 78
