Podcast Episodes

The House-Passed 'Parents Bill of Rights' Is Unconstitutional

Congress wants to promote transparency in public schooling, but its means are dubious. Neal McCluskey discusses the House-passed "parents bill of rig…

3 years, 6 months ago

SEC Moves to Revamp Retail Trading

Securities and Exchange Commission leadership seems to believe that some big changes to how trades get executed will better protect retail traders. J…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Consequences of Big Electric Vehicle Handouts

Getting certain members of Congress to sign off on big ticket legislation sometimes means cutting some deals that mitigate the impact of your bigger …

3 years, 6 months ago

Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable

In Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable, author Joanna Schwartz details the myriad ways police have been immunized or otherwise protected from…

3 years, 6 months ago

Equalities of Outcome/Opportunity/Permission

When policymakers pursue “equality,” which equality should they pursue? Deirdre McCloskey believes neither "equality of outcome" nor "equality of opp…

3 years, 6 months ago

PTSD, Veteran Mental Health, and Psychedelics

Psychedelics show enormous promise in the treatment of PTSD and depression. Those treatments are largely unavailable domestically to veterans and oth…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States

How does immigration affect the public treasury? In most scenarios, that effect is positive. Alex Nowrasteh is coauthor of the new paper, "The Fiscal…

3 years, 6 months ago

Appreciating Israel Kirzner

What are the big takeaways from the insights of the long career of Austrian economist Israel Kirzner? Economist Peter Boettke has some ideas.

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3 years, 6 months ago

Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

It took 30 years and one dedicated young man to get New York to throw out its ban on pinball. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game tells the story of …

3 years, 6 months ago

Panic at the Chatbot

Fears of artificial intelligence have been goosed recently with the emergence of services like ChatGPT that can deliver longform coherent text addres…

3 years, 6 months ago