Podcast Episodes

Constitutional Crisis: Who's In Charge of the Rule of Law?

In this episode of Exploring Prosperity, I relay the importance of my interview with Professor Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, about a crucial constitutional …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Technological Challenge That Bitcoin Might Solve

This is the final essay in our six-essay series exploring what might have happened had Nixon reinforced rather than abandoned the gold standard in 1971.

Throughout this series, we've examined how aban…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Tenure Killing Academic Freedom?

In this episode of Exploring Prosperity, University of Austin President Pano Kanelos dives deep into the problems with the tenure system in today’s universities. Once designed to protect academic fre…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Profitable Art of Face-Planting

In this episode of Exploring Prosperity, I sit down with Evan Ratner, the brilliant mind behind "Rat Links" on Substack, to explore his counterintuitive thesis on "Failure Inc." We unpack how spectac…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Tariffs: Populism’s Price Tag

A global reserve fiat currency, unanchored by a hard money standard, inevitably leads to trade imbalances where powerful nations exchange their currency for goods, resulting in the hollowing out of t…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Types of Wealth: How Fiat Currency Tilted the Balance

How did abandoning the gold standard in 1971 reshape wealth distribution in America? This episode explores how our monetary system drives inequality through the Cantillon Effect, asset inflation, and…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fiscal Strategy or Vote of No Confidence?

The upcoming White House crypto summit has generated significant interest regarding the Trump Administration's potential cryptocurrency reserve strategy. A central question remains: which digital ass…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

When Government Pays, Innovation Decays: The True Cost of Federal Spending

As government spending swells to 34.5% of GDP—up from just 3% in 1929—our economy’s innovation is getting tangled in bureaucratic red tape. In this episode, inspired by my Substack essay ‘When Govern…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bits, Bytes, and Breakthroughs

In this third essay exploring the paradox of pessimism in an age of progress, we examine a powerful reason for optimism about America's future prosperity: the democratization of technology. While sev…

Published on 7 months ago

Shadows Amidst Advancement (Updated)

In an era marked by unprecedented technological advancements, medical breakthroughs, global interconnectivity and reported consistent economic growth, one might expect a surge of optimism about the f…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago