The AIER Standard

In this episode Ethan sits down with Chris Coyne at the Mercatus Markets and Society Conference to discuss his research on noxious markets. The conversation touches on the role of states in the perpetuation of weapon sales in conflict zones. Coyne's perspective applies an economic-public choice perspective to analyzing foreign policy decisions and how well intentioned programs end

On this episode Ethan sits down with the great Professor Chandran Kukathas, the Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University and former Chair of Political Theory at the London School of Economics. The conversation covers his work on questions of nationalism, ethnic identity, and political order. Chandran also discusses his research into the work of Fried

On this episode of the AIER Standard, Ethan sits down with Carroll Ríos de Rodríguez, a public choice professor and trustee at Universidad Francisco Marroquínas in Guatemala well as the president of the Instituto Fe y Libertad. Carroll also founded UFM's public choice center. Ethan asks Carroll about her intellectual journey, her efforts in creating a foothold for liberty minded

On this episode of the AIER Standard, Ethan interviews Feler Bose, an economics professor at Indiana University East at the Public Choice Conference in Seattle. There has been much research on the correlation between economic freedom and prosperity. However, not much has been done on what leads to economic freedom. Feler's research compares differing governance structures among dif

In this episode of the AIER Standard Ethan sits down with Nikolai Wenzel a professor of economics and a new member of the faculty at AIER. The discussions covers both Nikolai and Ethan's journey from left leaning progressives as undergraduates to passionate advocates for markets as professionals. Nikolai then focuses on the content of his forthcoming book which is aimed at posing m

Is God dead in America? Can a free society be a secular one? Why does religion still play a powerful role in daily life despite the advent of the modern state? To answer these questions and more, Ethan Yang sits down with AIER Visiting Scholar and Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Tony Gill. Tony is the author of numerous academic papers exploring the

On this episode of the AIER Standard, Ethan sits down with Pete Earle to speak about dedollarization, a global trend of reducing usage of the US Dollar. As American currency declines, rival countries like China rise to take its place. Pete explains the reasons for the US Dollar's decline and comments on where he thinks trends are headed. Finally, Pete offers important insight on ho

In this episode of the AIER Standard, Ethan Yang sits down with the incoming president of the Public Choice Society, Christian Bjørnskov, who is the author of an award-winning paper on the use of emergency powers. The conversation explores why and how emergency powers paradoxically cause greater problems during periods of crisis, the most recent being the Covid-19 Pandemic. Furthe

In this episode of the AIER Standard, Ethan Yang sits down with AIER Senior Faculty and Former Senate Banking Committee Economist Tom Hogan to discuss the future of central banking. Their discussion gets to the root of today's pressing monetary issues, inflation, runaway spending, politicized Federal Reserve policy, and faltering confidence in money. They touch on the incentives an

The decline of American higher education is a common yet existential conversation.Every persuasion has its critique: college is getting too expensive yet increasingly unproductive. Elite academia is overtaken by radical Leftists. Elite academia is inaccessible to minorities. American colleges continue to bow to extreme student activists. American colleges refuse to make substantive