EJW Audio

George Selgin on the New Deal and Economic Recovery

George Selgin discusses his book False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947 (University of Chicago Press, 2025), which was treated to a review essay by Jason Taylor in the March 2025 issue of Econ Journal Watch.

Ivan Katchanovski on Maidan and Ukraine 2014

Professor Ivan Katchanovski discusses his article examining the Maidan massacre and the ouster of President Yanukovych in Ukraine in 2014.
 
This interview is conducted by Professor Glenn Diesen and is available on YouTube with video and subtitles here.

Jeffrey Sachs, An Established Anti-Establishment Economist

Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University is interviewed by Daniel Klein about being an economist, his favorite economists, his economist mentors, and his thoughts about the economics profession today. The conversation turns to his own ideological outlook and whether it has changed over the decades, and, then, to US foreign policy, particularly with respect to Russia.

Nicolás Cachanosky on Liberalism in Argentina from 1816 to 1884

Drawing on his EJW article coauthored with Alejandro Goméz, Nicolás Cachanosky guides us through classical liberalism at work in Argentina from 1816 to 1884. The authors shall be bringing the Argentine story up to the present in a sequel that is forthcoming.

Glenn Diesen on Russophobia from Cobden’s Time to Today

Professor Glenn Diesen discusses Russophobia historically considered. He is the author of Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics (2022). The discussion takes its point of departure with Richard Cobden’s “Cure for the Russo-phobia” pamphlet (1836), an abridged version of which is published in EJW.

Michael O’Connor on Sharpe Ratios and Investing

Michael O’Connor is interviewed by David Barker on O’Connor’s major critique of the use of Sharpe ratios in hypothesis testing and investing. O’Connor cautions against relying on Sharpe ratios when choosing investments.

John Hand on McKinsey Studies on Executive Race/Ethnic Diversity

John Hand discusses his EJW article coauthored with Jeremiah Green, a quasi-replication of a series of studies by the consulting firm McKinsey, on firm performance and executive race/ethnic diversity. Green and Hand find no statistically significant relationship whereas the McKinsey studies find a positive relationship. Professor Hand is interviewed by David Barker.

Dan Klein on Classical Liberalism by Country: Lessons for Liberal Civic Virtue

Dan Klein tells of the EJW series Classical Liberalism by Country and draws lessons about liberal civic virtue. His remarks are based on a published Introduction to the project. The series is ongoing. All of the EJW articles are accessible here. Twenty-three of the articles were republished (often with postscripts added) in 2023 in three volumes by CL Press:
Volume 1 (six nations plus Klein’s introduction),
Volume 2 (seven chapters on Latin American nations),
Volume 3 (ten chapters on European nations).

Edwin van de Haar on the History of Classical Liberalism in the Netherlands

Edwin van de Haar discusses the classical liberal movements in the Netherlands from the Dutch Golden Age, through the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, and down to today. His discussion is based on his EJW article, which extends the Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country series.

Paul Robinson on Russian Liberalism

Paul Robinson is the author of Russian Liberalism, published by Northern Illinois University Press, due September 2023. Robinson is Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. In the podcast, Professor Robinson also refers to his previous book Russian Conservatism, published 2019 by Northern Illinois University Press.