EJW Audio

Vlad Tarko and Radu Nechita on Liberalism in Romania, 1829 to 2023

Vlad Tarko and Radu Nechita discuss their EJW article on liberalism in Romania, which is the latest contribution to the Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country series.

Sheilagh Ogilvie on 900 Years of European Guilds

Sheilagh Ogilvie, the Chicele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford, explains European guilds from 1000 to 1900. The topic relates to EJW’s publication of Vincent Gournay’s 1753 memorials against the exclusionary privileges enjoyed by guilds in Lyon, a 1758 squib against barber privileges in Edinburgh, as well as numerous items on modern occupational licensing (listed here).

Art Carden on William H. Hutt

Art Carden discusses his EJW article with Phil Magness vindicating William H. Hutt from “racism”/“white supremacism” charges leveled by William Darity, M’Balou Camara, and Nancy MacLean.

David Barker on Temperature and Economic Growth

David Barker criticizes the article in Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, by Federal Reserve researchers, which concluded that climate change would have a large economic impact. Barker’s critique appeared in the September 2022 issue of EJW.

Eva Forslund and Magnus Henrekson on English vs. the Native Language

Illustrating with Sweden and economics, Eva Forslund and Magnus Henrekson explore the pull toward using English in academics, and the downsides, based on their EJW article from September 2022.

Phil Magness on Quinn Slobodian on Mises

Drawing on his EJW article coauthored with Amelia Janaskie, Phil Magness criticizes Quinn Slobodian’s work on Ludwig von Mises and criticizes the Cambridge University Press journal Contemporary European History for failing to choose truth above falsehood.

Michael Weissman on GREs in Physics Education Research

Michael Weissman, a physicist, criticizes three papers published in Physical Review Physics Education Research, based on his EJW article published in March 2022.

Sebastián Rodríguez on Liberalism in Colombia

Sebastián Rodríguez discusses his article with Gilberto Ramírez on liberalism in Colombia, which is the 22nd article in the Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country series.

Dan Klein, in Praise of Ideological Openness

Echoing Gunnar Myrdal, Dan Klein praises ideological disclosure, viewing it as similar to the disclosure of vested interests. He shares survey results, published in The Independent Review, showing that most economists like it when an author tells where she is coming from. Klein draws also on an EJW article, featuring quotations from Myrdal, and an Economic Affairs article.

Benoît Malbranque on Marquis D’Argenson and Liberal French Economic Thought circa 1750

Benoît Malbranque discusses an early statement of the laissez-faire principle that emphasized the impossibility of the state gathering sufficient knowledge to improve the outcome of free trade enterprise. He links it to earlier and later intellectual developments in liberal economic thought. His EJW contribution discussed in this podcast appeared in the September 2021 issue.