EJW Audio

Frank Machovec on Perfect Competition

Apropos Friedrich Hayek’s essay “The Meaning of Competition,” Frank M. Machovec discusses his book Perfect Competition and the Transformation of Economics (Routledge, 1995).

Samuel Fleischacker on Adam Smith’s Impartial Spectator

Sam Fleischacker discusses the impartial spectator and the role it plays in Adam Smith’s moral system, based on his contribution to the EJW symposium “My Understanding of Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator.”

Pavel Kuchař on Liberalism in Mexico

Pavel Kuchař, a Czech teaching in Mexico, tells of his EJW paper exploring the complex history of liberalism in Mexican economic thought and its standing and prospects today.

David Cushman on Transitory and Permanent Shocks to GDP

Interviewed by Garett Jones, David Cushman discusses his article “A Unit Root in Postwar U.S. Real GDP Still Cannot Be Rejected, and Yes, It Matters.”

Hugo Faria on Venezuela and Liberalism

Hugo Faria, a Venezuelan economist and expat now teaching at the University of Miami, tells the sad story of his home country, based on his EJW paper coauthored with Leonor Filardo.

Shruti Rajagopalan on Liberalism in India

Shruti Rajagopalan narrates the history of liberal ideas and policy in India, from the 1920s to today, based on her coauthored article “Liberalism in India.” The conversation mentions B. R. Shenoy’s 1955 “Note of Dissent” (regarding the Planning Commission’s draft of the Second Five Year Plan), the brief text of which may be found on the website of the India Policy Institute (link, .pdf).

Arthur Melzer on the History, Analysis, and Significance of Esotericism

Arthur Melzer is the author of the landmark book Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing (University of Chicago Press, 2014). A chapter of the book, “A Beginner’s Guide to Esoteric Reading,” on techniques and devices used in esoteric writing, was republished in the May 2015 issue of EJW. The conversation, however, takes up Melzer’s entire book. The conversation is long and covers most of the important ideas of the book, and is divided into two parts.

W. Robert Reed on Replication in Economics

Bob Reed reports on the progress of replication at economics journals, based on the investigation conducted and coauthored with Maren Duvendack and Richard W. Palmer-Jones. Reed discusses the value of replication, its relation to meta-analysis, and related issues. Reed and Duvendack are the organizers of replicationnetwork.com.

Jon Diesel on Economists and Organ Liberalization

Jon Diesel discusses his article “Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Organ Liberalization?” The interviewer, Lawrence H. White, adds insight as one who has had first-hand experience with waiting for a kidney.

Jason Briggeman and Daniel Klein on Publishing in Econ Journal Watch

What should you know if you want to publish in EJW? Jason Briggeman and Daniel Klein discuss what EJW is, how it works, and what it is looking for.