EJW Audio

Martin van Staden on Classical Liberalism in South Africa

Martin van Staden, of the Free Market Foundation in Johannesburg, discusses his article on classical liberalism in South Africa during the period 1910–2019. He is interviewed by the Cato Institute’s Marian Tupy, a South African expat.

Ron Michener on Why It’s Important to Get Colonial U.S. Monetary History Right

Ron Michener explains his belief that cliometricians are getting colonial money wrong, and in ways that prevent a proper understanding of the why the American colonies rebelled against England. The discussion is based on his EJW article that focuses on Farley Grubb’s article in the Journal of Economic History.

Patrick Mardini on the Political Economy of Lebanon

Patrick Mardini discusses the history of Lebanon and struggles for freer enterprise there, based on his article for the EJW series on Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country. Dr. Mardini is now President of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies.

Ivo Welch on Critical Finance Review

UCLA finance professor Ivo Welch discusses the prestigious journal that he founded and edits, Critical Finance Review, a journal of critical commentary in the scholarly field of finance.

James Forder on Milton Friedman’s Early Work on Stabilization Policy

James Forder explains one of the reasons Milton Friedman received the Nobel prize: his early insight on the complexities of stabilization policy. The interview is based on Forder’s article coauthored with Hugo Monnery.

Leo Krasnozhon on Liberalism in Ukraine

Leo Krasnozhon discusses the history and current status of liberal currents in Ukraine, based on his EJW article with Mykola Bunyk.

John Cairns on the 1758 Pamphlet about Hair-Cutting in Edinburgh

John W. Cairns of the University of Edinburgh discusses the remarkable pamphlet that in 1758 roasted barbers’ claim to an exclusive privilege to cut hair.

Lanny Ebenstein on Hayek’s Personal Affairs

New light has been shed on Friedrich Hayek’s divorce and second marriage, his move to the United States, and his position at the University of Chicago. Lanny Ebenstein explains these matters and their interrelations, based on his EJW article.

Dwight Lee on the Two Moralities and Teaching Econ 101

Dwight Lee discusses the ancestral band, Hayek’s two-worlds hypothesis, and teaching economics, based on his EJW article co-authored with J. R. Clark “Econ 101 Morality: The Amiable, the Mundane, and the Market.”

Patricia Saenz-Armstrong on Economic Liberalism in Peru

Patricia Saenz-Armstrong describes “the other path” in Peru—the liberal path—following on her contribution to the Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country series. She is interviewed by fellow Peru native and George Mason University professor Cesar Martinelli.