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The Great Antidote

Juliette Sellgren

Adam Smith said, "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." So join us for interviews with the leading experts on today"s biggest issues to learn more about economics, policy, and much more.

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57:23

David Boaz on Liberalism and the Continuing Progress...

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2024/03/08

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45:56

Economic Freedom on the Reservation: A Conversation...

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2024/03/01

Thomas Stratmann is a Distinguished University Professor of economics and law at George Mason University, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Institute, and the creator of the Reservation Economic Freedom Index. Today, we talk about reservations in America and the economic wellbeing of Native Americans. He explains to us how he got interested in reservation economics and the barriers to increased economic wellbeing for Native Americans, also explaining why economic wellbeing is an important

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45:44

Kristi Kendall on Filmmaking and Documenting Our...

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2024/02/23

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45:05

Alice Temnick on Teaching, Learning, and Adam Smith's...

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2024/02/16

Alice Temnick teaches IB Economics for the United Nations International School in Manhattan and is an education consultant with Liberty Fund’s Adam Smith Works and Econlib. Today, we begin what is going to be a long conversation about Adam Smith and education. We begin with Adam Smith’s upbringing and education and talk about our own. We discuss how important being a student is to being a teacher. Stay tuned for more! Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and

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57:20

Alain Bertaud on Urban Planning and Cities

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2024/02/09

Alain Bertaud is an urbanist and a senior research scholar at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management. He is the author of a book about urban planning that is titled Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. He has worked as an urban planner in a multitude of cities around the world. Today, we talk about his view of a city and what he’s observed as an urban planner. He gives us examples and draws connections between how culture and regulation shape cities --- he means literally; cities

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53:44

Undivide Us: Ben Klutsey on Exploring and Confronting...

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2024/02/02

Ben Klutsey is the Director of Academic Outreach and the Director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also one of the masterminds behind a recent documentary, Undivide Us, which tackles the affective polarization in America and how to remedy it through thoughtful conversation. We talk about Ben’s journey and how it led him to this project, the findings of the Undivide Us documentary, and potential solutions to the divisions in

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49:46

Robert Lawson on Educating for Economic Freedom:...

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2024/01/26

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51:09

Adam White on the American Judiciary

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2024/01/19

Adam White is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Co-Director of the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at George Mason University. He also leads seminars with the Hertog Foundation, one of which I had the chance to attend this summer. Today we talk about the American judicial system, from its structure to its founding to its role in American society. We address whether courts function differently today than we have in the past, looking at the

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52:04

Brent Orrell on Dignity and Work

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2023/12/15

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46:47

Lauren Hall on Radical Moderation

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2023/12/08

Lauren Hall is the author of several books, the author of the wonderful Substack The Radical Moderate’s Guide to Life, and a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Today, we talk about radical moderation, what that is, and why it's important. We talk about the importance of breaking away from the political binaries and models we currently have and how to do so. Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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46:34

Cheryl Miller on Hertog and the Humanities

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2023/12/01

Cheryl Miller is the executive director of the Hertog Foundation, an educational philanthropy organization in Washington, DC. Today, we talk about the mission of the foundation and the importance of the humanities in policy making and being a human more generally. We talk about the state of the youth, optimism, and Edith Wharton! Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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47:55

Kerianne Lawson on Equal Economic Freedoms

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2023/11/27

Kerianne Lawson is a faculty scholar at the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth as well as an assistant professor of economics at North Dakota State University. Today, we talk about a lot of different topics including the implementation of property rights in South Africa through the Khaya Lam project and the realities of differences of economic freedom by gender. We talk about finding your career path and what economics is as well! Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on

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44:07

Bob Ewing on Communicating

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2023/11/17

Bob Ewing is the founder of the Ewing School, which helps clients with public speaking and listening skills, and writes the Substack Talking Big Ideas. Today we talk about communication, breaking it down into the components of speaking and listening. We discuss why communication is so important and how it can bring value and guide success, and what success might mean. Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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55:13

Albert Zambone on Historical Inquiry

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2023/11/10

Albert Zambone is the author of Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life. He is also the host of the podcast Historically Thinking, where he teaches listeners not only history but how to do it. Go check it out if you haven’t. He also has a doctorate in history from the University of Oxford. Today, we talk about what history is, why it’s so important, how to do it, and what it tells us. We touch on culture and narratives, and the education system as well. Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow

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48:17

John Bitzan on the Culture at Universities

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2023/10/27

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46:42

Vincent Geloso on Global Inequality

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2023/10/20

Today, I am excited to welcome on Vincent Geloso. He is an assistant professor at George Mason University, specializing in the measurement of living standards. We talk about his new study with Chelsea Follet of the Cato Institute titled “Global Inequality in Well-Being Has Decreased across Many Dimensions” , which discusses a new way of measuring global inequality, the Inequality of Human Progress Index. Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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46:29

Chelsea Follett on Cities that Changed the World

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2023/10/13

I am excited to have Chelsea Follett on to talk to us about her new book Centers of Progress: 40 Cities that Changed the World. The title speaks for itself. She is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s center for global liberty and prosperity and the managing editor of humanprogress.org. We talk about a few key characteristics of centers in progress, the connection between cities and progress, and some interesting cases of progress! Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook,

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44:55

Lawrence Reed on Best and Worst American Presidents

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2023/10/06

Lawrence Reed is the president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education and of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He is currently the Humphreys family senior fellow at FEE. Visit his website lawrencewreed.com. Today we talk about the best and worst presidents in American history and the reasons why. We start with the role of the presidency, which informs the rest of the discussion. Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Pete Boettke on Mainline Economics

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2023/09/29

Peter Boettke is a professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University, as well as the author of several books. Today we talk about a book called Mainline Economics, which is a collection of Nobel lectures from what he defines as “mainline economists”. A mainline economist’s methodology of economics falls in the tradition and lineage of Adam Smith. We talk about the benefits of this type of economics and how it diverges from mainstream economics, along with when and why that

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48:55

Phil Gramm on How Government Biases Policy Debate

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2023/09/21

Former Senator Phil Gramm began as a professor of economics at Texas A&M, then became a representative in the House, later becoming a senator. And now, he’s written a book with John Early and Robert Ekelund called The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate. We talk today about his book and observations of the system during his time in office, identifying problems with the way the census and other measuring tools bias the data and conversations that follow. Never miss

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