From the New World

Bryan Caplan: Can We Make Freedom and Democracy Compatible?

May 8, 2023

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Introduction

3min

The Transition From Knowing Your Neighborhood to Not Knowing Your Neighbors

2min

The Simplistic Theory of Left and Right

4min

The Republican Preference for Local Control

2min

The Evolution of Left Wing Governments

6min

How to Flip a Demographic

2min

The Milton Friedman Theory of the Left and Right

5min

How to Price Your Book for Profit Maximization

2min

The Importance of Having Free Services

2min

10.

The Left Wing Opposition to Open AI

3min

11.

The Republican Elite and the COVID Era Trump Legal Immigration Rules

3min

12.

The Elite Left Wing Views on Jeff Bezos

2min

13.

The Shift in Focus Between Normal Republicans and Elite Republicans

2min

14.

The Right Wing Elites and the New York Times

3min

15.

The Importance of Altruism in EA

2min

16.

The Death Flag for EA

2min

17.

The Politics of AI Ethics

3min

18.

The Sociological Effect of AI Ethics

2min

19.

The Importance of Trust in Artificial Intelligence

3min

20.

The Economic Impacts of AI

4min

21.

The Importance of AI in Graphic Novel Writing

2min

22.

The Problem With Democracy

3min

23.

The Pros and Cons of Abortion

2min

24.

The Left's View on Abortion

4min

25.

Utilitarianism and Cost Benefit Analysis

3min

26.

The Myth of Rational Voter

2min

27.

The Effects of the FDA on Immigration Elites

2min

28.

The Utilitarian Case for the FDA's Ban on Life Extension

2min

29.

The Importance of Genetic Editing in the Future

3min

30.

How to Defend Freedom in the Abstract

4min

31.

The Importance of Owning the Lives

3min

32.

The Importance of Dating Chinese Immigrants

2min

33.

The Relationship Between Political and Religious Correlations

2min

34.

The Importance of Focusing on Looks

2min

35.

The American Experiment and Federalistic Leadership

2min

36.

The Difference Between Calinism and Strausianism

4min

37.

Tyler Cowen on the FDA and the Status Quo

6min

38.

The Importance of Respect in Action

4min

39.

The Chaos of Dating

2min

40.

The Importance of Open Borders

4min

Today’s guest is Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University, author of the Bet On It newsletter and many books, including Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrational.

Find Bryan Caplan (and buy his books):

https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan

https://www.amazon.com/Voters-Mad-Scientists-Political-Irrationality/dp/B0C2SD1K8B

https://www.amazon.com/How-Evil-Are-Politicians-Demagoguery/dp/B09YQGKBXH

https://www.amazon.ca/Myth-Rational-Voter-Democracies-Policies/dp/0691138737

Mentioned in the episode:

https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=28088

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