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Why Here, Why Now? Why Did The United States Enjoy Dramatic Improvements In The Standard Of Living During The Last Century?

interview with Terry Anderson, John F. Cogan, Lee Ohanian, George P. Shultzvia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, August 26, 2019

Hoover Institution economists John Cogan, Lee Ohanian, Terry Anderson, and George Shultz examine the causes for and the reasons behind so many improvements being made to the quality of life in the United States over the past century. They analyze the role that free markets, property rights, innovation, regulation, taxes, and national security played in these remarkable achievements.

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The Specter Of Recession

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Thursday, August 22, 2019

When does the prospect of an economic slowdown justify government intervention?

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Area 45: Michael Boskin Discusses The Left’s Agenda

interview with Michael J. Boskinvia Matters of Policy & Politics
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Are Democratic hopefuls offering sound ideas (Green New Deal, Universal Basic Income, Medicare-For-All) or economic illiteracy?

In the News

Media Push ‘White Supremacy’ Calumny

quoting Thomas Sowellvia Providence Journal
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

The bodies in El Paso and Dayton were still warm when pundits and politicians stepped over them in a rush to advance their current narrative: that Donald Trump has enabled the emergence of “white supremacy” according to which whites are uniquely hateful, responding to patriotic or nationalistic rhetoric by violently attacking nonwhites.

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Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Senik #124: “You Asked”

interview with Richard A. Epstein, John Yoo, Troy Senikvia Law Talk With Epstein, Senik & Yoo
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Richard Epstein and John Yoo take questions from podcast listeners.

In the News

What Did You Learn In School Today? Capitalism Is Racist

quoting Williamson M. Eversvia The Business Journal
Friday, August 16, 2019

You might have heard about the controversy generated by a draft of the state’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum, which has managed to draw criticism from educational leaders, Jewish groups, Armenians, Greeks, Hindus and Koreans (to name a few), according to the Los Angeles Times.

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The Libertarian: Dealing With Mass Shootings

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Thursday, August 15, 2019

The only practical response is one Washington isn’t considering.

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The Libertarian: The Case Against Medicare For All

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Thursday, August 8, 2019

How government-run healthcare will weaken the economy and ruin the quality of medicine.

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Area 45: Brady And Rivers On The State Of The Presidential Race

interview with David Brady, Douglas Riversvia Matters of Policy & Politics
Monday, August 5, 2019

What post-debate polling suggests about the effectiveness of the candidates’ messaging and how the tragedy in El Paso factors into national politics.

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David Kennedy, Andrew Roberts, and Stephen Kotkin Discuss the Big Three of the 20th Century: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin

interview with David M. Kennedy, Stephen Kotkin, Andrew Robertsvia Uncommon Knowledge
Thursday, August 1, 2019

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Accomplished historians David Kennedy, author of Freedom from fear; Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny; and Stephen Kotkin, author of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler discuss why the peaceful new international order that Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to establish after crushing Nazi Germany turned instead into each of the Allies pursuing their own national interests amid the Cold War. 

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