EJW Audio

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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, 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 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.