Gene Epstein joins me to make if anything an even more radical case against the existing education system than Bryan Caplan does in the latter’s recent book The Case Against Education.… Read More
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What’s the Deal With Woods and the “League of the South”?
(May 10, 2018) The many good folks who read what I write, watch my videos, and listen to me every weekday know who I am and what I stand for:… Read More
Ep. 1151 David Stockman on the Real Condition of the Trump Economy
Has America been made great again, or are the same old problems festering beneath the surface? David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan,… Read More
Ep. 1089 Noam Chomsky: The Good and the Bad
Gene Epstein, formerly of Barron’s, joins me to discuss the work of Noam Chomsky, whose views in some areas are so well formed, and in others are simplistic and disappointing. Chomsky… Read More
Ep. 1072 David Stockman on Bannon, Trump, and What’s Coming for the Economy
With Steve Bannon on the outs with Trump and out at Breitbart, David Stockman — director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan — returns to discuss… Read More
Ep. 1063 Nat Turner’s Rebellion: Why a Historical Novel Was So Controversial
Gene Epstein returns on the 50th anniversary of William Styron’s historical novel The Confessions of Nat Turner, the slave who led a famous revolt in Virginia. Since Styron was a… Read More
Ep. 1021 The Nobel Prize and Behavioral Economics: Anything Here for Austrians?
Gene Epstein of Barron’s joins me to discuss Richard Thaler, this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics, who has helped to popularize “behavioral economics,” and how to deal… Read More
Ep. 983 Can We Really Measure the “Happiest” Countries?
The “happiness” literature purports to speak about levels of happiness in various countries. Popular journalism then purports to explain why the happiest places are happy — and it’s always because… Read More
Ep. 927 Is Trump Going Down?
The Reagan Administration’s David Stockman is convinced Trump will not survive 2018. His analysis is so compelling that I decided we had to discuss it. I won’t give away the… Read More
Ep. 921 The Long History of Presidential Stupidity in Economics
Everyone always thinks the current president must be the worst. Surely President X is the most ignorant when it comes to economics! Well, there’s a lot of competition for that… Read More
