#22 – Per Bylund: Economic Illiteracy, Entrepreneurship, and The Primacy of Theory

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Per Bylund is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. His latest book, How to Think about the Economy: A Primer, serves as an introduction to economic reasoning and aims to improve economic literacy.

TIMESTAMPS

0:04 - Why economic illiteracy is so prevalent

5:25 - Individualists trying to spread their ideas in a collectivist manner

9:25 - The role of the entrepreneur

12:27 - The primacy of theory in the social sciences

25:07 - The irrationality of “social entrepreneurship”

32:17 - Cospaia

34:52 - Javier Milei

39:13 - The greatest economic fallacy

41:50 - The effects of taxes

43:55 - What advice would Per give his 17 year old self?

45:35 - Could we have cured cancer in the 60s?

49:49 - Final remarks

EPISODE LINKS

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