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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Apr 28, 2020 • 35min
David Henderson on Liberation from Lockdown Now
Send us a textDavid Henderson, author of multiple books and fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, talks to us about why the COVID-19 lockdown should end now. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 33min
John Stossel on the Nanny State
Send us a textJohn Stossel, author and journalist who was been on ABC, Fox Business Channel, and is now partnering with Reason, talks to us about consumer protection, the nanny state, and ridiculous ways the government wastes your money.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 37min
Johan Norberg on Dead Wrong Ideas
Send us a textJohan Norberg, author of several books and Executive Director of Free To Choose Media, talks to us about his video series Dead Wrong, Sweden, globalization, and organic farming. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 43min
Trevor Burrus on the Drug War
Send us a textTrevor Burrus, research fellow at Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, talks to us about the war on drugs.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 56min
Vernon Smith on Experimental Economics, the Nobel Prize, and Life
Send us a textVernon Smith, Nobel Prize winning economics professor at Chapman University, talks to us about experimental economics, intellectual influences, the value of mistakes, and the Nobel Prize. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 47min
Don Boudreaux on Bad Policies People Love
Send us a textIn this interview with Don Boudreaux, GMU economics professor and blogger at Cafe Hayek, we explore policies that are loved by the public but are actually bad: price gouging, rent control, minimum wage, and tariffs. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 47min
Matt Ridley on Ideas Having Sex
Send us a textMatt Ridley, former science and technology editor for The Economist magazine and best-selling author, talks to us about his book The Rational Optimist and the exchange of ideas and the importance of science. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 20, 2020 • 29min
Tyler Cowen on His Love Letter to Big Biz
Send us a textIn this interview with Tyler Cowen, economics professor at GMU and blogger at the Marginal Revolution, we talk about his book Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-hero.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
