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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Jun 10, 2021 • 45min
Shikha Dalmia on Nationalism
Send us a textShikha Dalmia, columnist at the Week, and former senior analyst at Reason, joins us this week to discuss Nationalism, its history, and its rise in the modern world.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Jun 3, 2021 • 1h 13min
Megan McArdle on Failure
Send us a textMegan McArdle, economic columnist at the Washington Post, joins us this week to discuss her ideas on personal failure, and why it is such an important and crucial part of development and growth.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 27, 2021 • 1h 2min
Nick Gillespie on Independents
Send us a textNick Gillespie, author, journalist, and former editor-in-chief at Reason joins us this week to discuss libertarianism, elections, voting, and his book Declaration of Independents. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 20, 2021 • 60min
Sally Satel on Addiction
Send us a textSally Satel, M.D., psychiatrist, lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine, and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, joins us this week to discuss the misguided perception of addiction, policies aimed at fighting addiction, and the future of public health.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 13, 2021 • 1h 4min
Tim Carney on Cronyism
Send us a textTim Carney, columnist at the Washington Examiner and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins us this week to discuss the Export-Import Bank (EXIM), corporate welfare, and all the forms of cronyism in the United States.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 6, 2021 • 1h 10min
Matt Welch on Teachers Unions
Send us a textMatt Welch, author, blogger, and journalist, joins us this week to discuss libertarianism, teachers unions, and the future of education in the United States.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 29, 2021 • 57min
Michelle Minton on Vaping
Send us a textMichelle Minton, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins us this week to discuss vaping, tobacco use, sodium intake, and regulations for consumer products and practices viewed as "immoral."Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 22, 2021 • 45min
Chris Edwards on "Infrastructure"
Send us a textChris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, joins us this week to discuss the Biden administration's latest infrastructure endeavor, similar undertakings from US history, and what infrastructure actually means.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 15, 2021 • 55min
Colin Grabow on the Jones Act
Send us a textColin Grabow, policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, joins us this week to discuss foreign trade, protectionism, and the Jones Act.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 8, 2021 • 55min
Liya Palagashvili on The Future Economy
Send us a textLiya Palagashvili, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins us this week to discuss the gig and sharing economy, independent contractors vs, employees, and the future of work regulation.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
