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Epstein and Taylor: Are we all Keynesians now?
(Taped on January 25, 2010) Richard Epstein and John Taylor reflect on the global economic crisis of 2008 and discuss why the Keynesian narrative of events fails to identify and explain the causes at the root of the crisis.


Crisis and Command with John Yoo
(Taped on December 18, 2009) John Yoo, who played a significant role in developing a legal justification for the Bush administration’s policy in the War on Terror, reflects on the controversial legal and policy positions taken by the Bush administration on interrogating captured terrorists after 9/11.


Thomas Sowell discusses his new book Intellectuals and Society
(Taped on December 11, 2009) Thomas Sowell introduces his new book Intellectuals and Society and expounds on what he calls “the fatal misstep of intellectuals” — the assumption that superior ability within a particular realm can be generalized as superior wisdom or morality overall.

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Uncommon Knowledge™ is now an exclusive on the web, giving viewers immediate access to some of the videos and all of the transcripts from the Uncommon Knowledge television series (1997 – 2005) as well as the current Webcasts (2006 – present). The series features Hoover fellow Peter Robinson interviewing political leaders, distinguished scholars, and leading journalists.

1. Epstein and Taylor: Are we all Keynesians now?
2. Thomas Sowell discusses his new book Intellectuals and Society
3. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER: A Conversation with Robert Bork
4. Crisis and Command with John Yoo
5. TAKE IT TO THE LIMITS: Milton Friedman on Libertarianism
6. Africa with Dambisa Moyo
7. GEN X FILES
8. The World According to Andrew Klavan
9. GIVE WAR A CHANCE? The Utility of War
10. Hitchens—The Morals of an Atheist

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