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Public Choice And Politics Without Romance Featuring Mike Munger
Would you give the politician you trust least the same powers you want government to have?
September 28, 2026
Recorded on September 19, 2015
Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sowell discusses poverty around the world and in the United States. Poverty in America, he says, compared to the rest of the world, is not severe. Many poor people in poverty in the United States have one or two cars, central heating, and cell phones. The real problem for the poor is the destruction of the family, which Sowell argues dramatically increased once welfare policies were introduced in the 1960s.
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Political Economy In Financial Regulation
Interest-paying electronic money, completely safe without deposit insurance, would be a great thing. For example, Silicon Valley Bank would never have had huge uninsured deposits that ran if there had been an easy safe place for large depositors to put their money.
September 22, 2026
Real Interest Rates And Fiscal Prudence
Ken Rogoff says he was right about secular stagnation, real interest rates, and what it means for fiscal policy.
September 25, 2026