EJW Audio

Jens Grandell on Liberalism in Finland in the Nineteenth Century

Jens Grandell discusses the rise of liberal ideas in Finland over the 19th century, and the role of language—Finnish versus Swedish—in making an independent country of Finland to stand against Russian hegemony. The conversation is based on Grandell’s article in EJW.

Austin Sandler on Quality Control in Anthropometry

Austin Sandler finds that an ill-founded rule is being mechanically applied in anthropometry to discard datasets, and he argues that it harms science and society. His EJW article discussed in this podcast appeared in the March 2021 issue.

Enrique Guerra-Pujol on Adam Smith’s Love Life

Enrique Guerra-Pujol discusses the primary source evidence about Adam Smith’s love life, what to make of it, and why we care. The conversation is based on his EJW article “Adam Smith in Love.”

Lucas Berlanza on Liberalism in Brazil

Lucas Berlanza discusses the rich history of Brazil, its “patrimonial” politics, and its veins of liberalism, based on his EJW article “Liberalism in Brazil.”

Scott Drylie on Scholarship on Adam Smith on Schooling and Government

Building on his EJW article, Scott Drylie reads Adam Smith on schooling and government, and the secondary literature. He challenges the orthodox view, which paints Smith as plainly favorable to government involvement in schooling.

Karen Horn and Stefan Kolev on Menger vs. Schmoller

Karen Horn and Stefan Kolev led a group effort to produce the first-ever English translation of Carl Menger’s The Errors of Historicism in German Economics. Here, Horn and Kolev describe Menger’s conflict with Gustav Schmoller, leader of the Younger German Historical School—a conflict known as the Methodenstreit.

Arnold Kling on Why Edward Leamer Deserves a Nobel Prize

Arnold Kling is interviewed by econometrician Brendan Beare about his EJW article on the sage who took the con out of econometrics.

Evan Osborne on Joan Robinson’s Little-Repented Maoism

Evan Osborne discusses Joan Robinson’s communism and how it has been treated by scholars, based on his EJW article “Captive of One’s Own Theory: Joan Robinson and Maoist China.”

Nicholas Curott on Bias in Money and Banking Textbooks

Nicholas Curott discusses six leading undergraduate textbooks in money and banking, based on the thorough EJW article coauthored with Tyler Watts and Benjamin Thrasher. The authors find quite consistent government-cheerleading bias.

Young Back Choi on Liberalism in Korea

Young Back Choi provides a crash course in Korean political history and the role of liberalism, up to the present, based on his EJW article coauthored with Yong Yoon.