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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May 26, 2020 • 42min
Randy Barnett on Constitutional Law
Send us a textRandy Barnett, professor of legal theory at Georgetown University and the legal mind behind the legal challenge against Obamacare's individual mandate, talks to us about constitutional law, originalism, and his new book with Josh Blackman, An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 23, 2020 • 36min
David French on the First Amendment
Send us a textDavid French, attorney, fellow at the National Review Institute, and senior editor of The Dispatch, talks to us about freedom of speech, especially on college campuses, and the freedom of religion. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 19, 2020 • 30min
Michael Strain on the American Dream
Send us a textMichael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the book The American Dream is not Dead (but Populism Could Kill it), talks to us about the American Dream today and everything about populism!Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 17, 2020 • 45min
Matt Mitchell on CON laws and Occupational Licensing
Send us a textMatt Mitchell, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks to us about cronyism, Certificate Of Needs legislation, and occupational licensing.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 10, 2020 • 33min
Sarah Skwire on Pro Market Literature and Feminism
Send us a textSarah Skwire, author and senior fellow at Liberty Fund, is the first woman to be interviewed on the podcast! She talks to us about how literature and its relation to markets and about feminism. She gives lots of good book recommendations!Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
May 5, 2020 • 43min
Bryan Caplan on Open Borders
Send us a textBryan Caplan, economics professor at George Mason University, regular blogger at EconLog, and author of Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, talks to us about different aspects of immigration. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Apr 29, 2020 • 28min
Chris Edwards on What You Didn't Know About Wealth Inequality
Send us a textChris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.downsizinggovernment.org , talks to us about common misconceptions of wealth inequality (and income inequality)Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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.
