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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Dec 17, 2020 • 22min
Season One Recap
Send us a textThe Great Antidote is wrapping up its first season with this very special episode. Juliette reflects back on some of her favorite responses to the now well-known question "What is the most important thing people my age (17) or in my generation should know but don't?"Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Dec 10, 2020 • 59min
Trevor Burrus on Guns
Send us a textTrevor Burrus, research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor‐in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, joins us this week to discuss guns, gun owners, and gun laws.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Dec 3, 2020 • 39min
Tevi Troy on the U.S. Presidency
Send us a textTevi Troy, best-selling presidential historian, and a former senior government official joins us this week to discuss the U.S. presidency, executive staff, and presidents of the past.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Nov 19, 2020 • 50min
Robby Soave on College Radicals
Send us a textRobby Soave, a Senior Editor at Reason, joins us to discuss college culture, activism, and intersectionality.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Nov 12, 2020 • 53min
Scott Lincicome on Daylight Savings and Free Trade
Send us a textScott Lincicome, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Cato Institue and International Trade Attorney, joins us to discuss daylight-savings, free trade, and barriers to economic growth.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Nov 5, 2020 • 49min
Eli Dourado on Technology and Stagnation
Send us a textEli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, joins us to discuss economic stagnation, technology, and innovation. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Oct 29, 2020 • 55min
John F. Cogan on The National Debt
Send us a textJohn F. Cogan, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University, joins us to discuss the national debt, the federal budget, and entitlement programs. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Oct 22, 2020 • 46min
Jennifer Huddleston on Big Tech and Antitrust
Send us a textJennifer Huddeston, director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, joins us for the second part of the antitrust series to talk about antitrust and big tech. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Oct 15, 2020 • 49min
Don Boudreaux on Antitrust Laws
Send us a textDon Boudreaux, GMU economics professor and blogger at Cafe Hayek, talks to us about the origins, purpose, and effects of antitrust laws in this two-part series about antitrust.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Oct 8, 2020 • 48min
Jonathan Rauch on Cancel Culture and Free Speech
Send us a textJonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic and author of many books including Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, continues the conversation of free speech and talks to us about cancel culture. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
