EJW Audio

Dan Sutter on U.S. Department of Energy Propaganda

Daniel Sutter discusses propagandistic research by DOE, regarding (1) how mindful Americans are about household energy efficiency and (2) justifications for mandating renewable fuels in electricity production, as treated in his EJW article.

George DeMartino on Professional Economic Ethics

George DeMartino discusses the emergent field of professional economic ethics—its topics, themes, and numerous nudges for practitioners—as explored in The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics (2016), edited by him and Deirdre McCloskey. The conversation relates to their reply to a review essay of the Handbook.

Björn Hasselgren on Erik Gustaf Geijer

Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847) is rediscovered with the new book Freedom in Sweden: Selected Works of Erik Gustaf Geijer (2017). The editor Björn Hasselgren here discusses Geijer’s life and works, including the wonderful “An Economic Dream,” reprinted in EJW.

Evan Osborne on Liberalism in China

Drawing on his paper coauthored with Xingyuan Feng and Weisen Li, Evan Osborne discusses the history and current trends of liberal thought and policy reform in China.

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on Kenneth Rogoff’s “The Curse of Cash”

Jeff Hummel discusses Kenneth Rogoff’s The Curse of Cash. Hummel’s review of the book, along with a response from Rogoff, appeared in the May 2017 issue of EJW.

Hannes Gissurarson on Liberalism in Iceland

Iceland’s leading liberal Hannes Gissurarson tells of the history of liberalism in Iceland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, based on his contribution to the series Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country.

Daniel Schwekendiek on Korea’s Incentivized Exports

Drawing on his EJW article, Daniel Schwekendiek discusses how South Korea has used export strategies to deal with corruption, first in industry and later in academia.

Alberto Mingardi on Liberalism in Italy

Alberto Mingardi discusses liberalism in Italy, from the unification period (1860s) to the present, based on his contribution to the now 13-article series “Classical Liberalism in Econ, by Country.”

Benny Carlson on Swedish Economists

Drawing on his EJW article coauthored with Lars Jonung, Benny Carlson discusses the remarkable tradition of public discourse actuated by the five titans of Swedish economics, Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, and Gunnar Myrdal. Carlson touches on the great liberal economist Anders Chydenius (1729–1803), and, since Myrdal’s time, on the prominent Swedish economists aligned with Wicksell’s own avowed calling, to educate the Swedish people.

Erwin Dekker on Carl Menger on Adam Smith

Erwin Dekker and Stefan Kolev have provided in EJW a first-ever English translation of a remarkable 1891 essay by Carl Menger. In this podcast Dekker discusses the essay, adding context drawn from his own studies (represented by his book The Viennese Students of Civilization: The Meaning and Context of Austrian Economics Reconsidered), to aid in understanding Menger’s times and his legacy.