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62. Bryan Cheang - Economic Liberalism and the...

Ideas Having Sex ·

2025/04/08

Bryan Cheang argues that industrial policy is authoritarian.Today’s book: Economic Liberalism and the Developmental State: Hong Kong and Singapore’s Post-war DevelopmentToday’s essay: “Why mission-directed governance risks authoritarianism: lessons from East Asia”Bryan Cheang’s email: bryan.cheang@kcl.ac.uk

00:49:58

61. Bart Wilson - Meaningful Economics

Ideas Having Sex ·

2025/03/04

Bart Wilson on how to make economics more human.

00:44:06

60. Walker Hanlon - The Laissez-Faire Experiment

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2025/02/04

Walker Hanlon explains the rise and fall of small government in Britain.Today’s Book: The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914

01:03:13

59. Michael Huemer - Progressive Myths

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2025/01/06

Michael Huemer explains and challenges progressive claims.Today’s book: Progressive Myths

01:00:06

58. Bryan Caplan - Self Help is Like a Vaccine

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/12/02

Bryan Caplan extols the virtues of self help.Today’s book: Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better

01:14:45

57. Sheldon Richman - What Social Animals Owe to Each...

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/10/07

Sheldon Richman makes the case for human freedom.Today's Book: What Social Animals Owe to Each Other

01:19:34

56. John Hasnas - Common Law Liberalism

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/09/02

John Hasnas describes the virtue and the beauty of the common law.Today's Book: Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society

01:02:57

55. Johan Norberg - The Capitalist Manifesto

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2024/08/05

Johan Norberg advocates radical economic freedom.Today's Book: The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World by Johan Norberg

01:01:09

54. James Otteson - Honorable Business

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/07/01

James Otteson claims that businesses behave honorably by creating mutually beneficial, and mutually voluntary deals.Today's book: Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society

01:14:17

53. Bryan Caplan - Build, Baby, Build

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/05/27

Bryan Caplan explains why housing costs are so high.Today's book: Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation

01:17:04

52. Chris Coyne - How to Run Wars

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/05/13

Chris Coyne gives a master class in how to energize a population for war.Today's book: How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite by Christopher Coyne & Abigail Hall

01:05:38

51. Marian Tupy & Gale Pooley - Superabundance

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2024/04/29

Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley explain how population growth INCREASES resource abundance.Today’s book: Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet

00:58:29

50. Michael Huemer – Can We Know Anything?

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2024/04/15

Michael Huemer claims he is not a brain in a vat.Today’s book: Can We Know Anything? A Debateby Bryan Frances & Michael Huemer

01:06:36

49. Chandran Kukathas - Immigration and Freedom

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/04/01

Chandran Kukathas explains the threat immigration control poses to the freedom of citizens.Today’s Book: Immigration and Freedom

01:08:09

48. Jason Brennan – Democracy: A Guided Tour

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/03/18

Jason Brennan describes historical and contemporary debates on democracy.Today’s Book: Democracy: A Guided Tour, by Jason Brennan

01:24:03

47. David Friedman - The Machinery of Freedom

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2024/03/04

David Friedman talks about libertarian anarchism. Today’s book: The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

01:11:33

46. David Lawrence – Debunking Determinism

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2024/02/19

David Lawrence argues that free will has flaws, but determinism has more. Today’s book: Debunking Determinism: Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, and the Crusade Against Free Will

01:24:33

45. Bryan Caplan - You Will Not Stampede Me

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/02/05

Bryan Caplan extols the virtues candor and authenticity.Today’s book: You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism

44. Max Borders – Political Decentralization

Ideas Having Sex ·

2024/01/22

Max Borders claims we don’t take “consent of the governed” seriously, but we should. Books by Max Borders

43. James Tooley – Really Good Schools

Ideas Having Sex ·

2023/11/07

James Tooley shows how the world’s poorest people educate their children without government.Today’s Book: Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education, by James Tooley

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