Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchProperty Rights and the UCLA School of Economics with David Henderson | Hoover Institution
Episode 64
Jon Hartley and David Henderson discuss David’s career as an economist, the role of property rights and market competition in economic growth, as wel…
10 months, 1 week ago
George Tavlas on the History of Monetarism | Hoover Institution
Episode 63
Jon Hartley and George Tavlas discuss George’s career as an economist, including as a central banker at the Bank of Greece, the history of monetarism…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Cliff Asness on Factor Investing and the History of Financial Economics | Hoover Institution
Episode 62
Jon Hartley and Cliff Asness discuss his time as a graduate student under Eugene Fama at the University of Chicago, his career at Goldman Sachs, and …
11 months, 1 week ago
Jay Bhattacharya on the NIH as An Innovation Accelerator | Hoover Institution
Episode 61
Jon Hartley and Jay Bhattacharya discuss Jay Bhattacharya’s vision for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), running the NIH as an innovation acce…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Art Laffer on Tax Policy and the 50-Year History of the Laffer Curve | Hoover Institution
Episode 60
Jon Hartley and Arthur Laffer discuss his origins as an economist, including his relationships with George Shultz and Milton Friedman, the 50-year hi…
1 year ago
Federal Reserve Board Governor Chris Waller on Monetary Policy and Payments | Hoover Institution
Episode 59
Jon Hartley and Christopher Waller discuss monetary policy at the Fed, r-star, and the stance of monetary policy, the 2025 Federal Reserve framework …
1 year ago
Harvard Law's Cass Sunstein on Nudges, Behavioral Economics, Constitutional Law, and Liberalism | Hoover Institution
Episode 58
Jon Hartley and Cass Sunstein discuss the current state as of 2025 of behavioral economics and ideas presented in Nudge (such as government nudge uni…
1 year, 1 month ago
Liz Truss (Former UK Prime Minister) on Politics and the Economy in the United Kingdom | Hoover Institution
Episode 57
Jon Hartley and Liz Truss discuss the former UK Prime Minister’s upbringing and her early interest in economics and politics, her pro-growth policy v…
1 year, 1 month ago
Richard Epstein on Property Rights, Law and Economics | Hoover Institution
Episode 56
Jon Hartley and Richard Epstein discuss Richard’s career as a legal scholar, the takings clause, state monopoly power, Richard’s property-driven theo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inside Financial Regulation: Thomas Hoenig on the Fed, FDIC, and Banking Reform | Hoover Institution
Episode 55
Hoover Institution fellow Jon Hartley and former FDIC Vice Chair Thomas Hoenig discuss Tom’s career as an economist, as Vice Chair of the FDIC, Presi…
1 year, 2 months ago