The Great Antidote

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Jason Brennan on the Incentives in Criminal Justice Apr 08, 2022

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Jason Brennan, professor of business ethics at Georgetown University and author of many, many books, talks to us today about the book he coauthored with Chris Surprenant, Injustice for All: How Financial Incentives Corrupted and Can Fix the US Criminal Justice System, and the distorting incentives in all areas of the criminal justice system.

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Josh Rauh on the Pending Public Pension Crisis Apr 01, 2022

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Josh Rauh, professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and senior fellow at Hoover Institution, talks to us today about his career journey, what public pensions are, the public pension crisis, and more.

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Lauren Hall on the Medicalization of Birth and Death Mar 25, 2022

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Lauren Hall is professor and chair of political science at Rochester Institute of Technology and a prolific author. Her most recent book, The Medicalization of Birth and Death, was published in 2019.
She joins host Juliette Selgren to talk about the medicalization of birth in recent history; the role of hospitals, regulation, and liability; and young people's lack of appreciation for complexity.

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James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew Mar 18, 2022

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James Otteson is a business ethics professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of several books, including What Adam Smith Knew. He talks to us about Adam Smith, his life, ideas, and notable works. Also, I recently moved to Liberty Fund's https://www.adamsmithworks.org/ , go check it out!

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Abby Hall on Military Drones Mar 03, 2022

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Abby Hall is an associate professor in economics at Bellarmine University and co-author of many books on defense in America with Chris Coyne. Their latest book is called Manufacturing Militarism: US Government Propaganda in the War on Terror. Today we talk about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a military drones), including the history of their use and the many consequences that come along with them.

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Gary Leff on Airline Bailouts and Travel Feb 17, 2022

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Gary Leff, the chief financial officer at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and writer of View From the Wing, talks to us about airlines, airline bailouts, and travel tips.

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Jason Fichtner on Social Security Feb 10, 2022

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Jason Fichtner, the vice president and chief economist at the Bipartisan Policy Center, talks to us about social security, how it works, and the future of the program.

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Jonathan Rauch on The Constitution of Knowledge Feb 03, 2022

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Today I talk with Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic and author of many books including Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought. We discuss his newest book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, and the lack of free speech culture on college campuses.

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Todd Zywicki on the 17th Amendment Jan 27, 2022

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Todd Zywicki is a professor of Law at George Mason University, Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, and former Executive Director of the GMU Law and Economics Center. He has been on The Great Antidote previously to discuss the field of law and economics, and today we discuss the importance of federalism, the original structure of the legislative branch, and how the 17th amendment changed that structure.

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Katherine Mangu-Ward on Being Libertarian and More Jan 20, 2022

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Katherine Mangu-Ward, Editor in Chief of Reason Magazine, joins us in the first episode of season three to discuss libertarianism, Reason Magazine, and voting.
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