Liberty Curious

Dec 28 2023 49 ep. 55 mins 27
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Are you liberty curious? Join us in discussing ideas of liberty, sound money, economic freedom, and the dangers of collectivism. Engaging discussions with leading economists, historians, entrepreneurs, bitcoiners, and friends of liberty. Hosted by the American Institute for Economic Research. aier.org

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ESG: The Moral Crusade for a 'Green New World' | Paul Mueller & Kate Wand

Dec 28 2023 68 mins  
What exactly is ESG? Where did it come from, and how did it start to take hold and reshape our world? How is it related to the infamous UN SDGs?In this episode of Liberty Curious, Paul Mueller joins Kate Wand to discuss and dissect.Paul is an economist and Senior Research Faculty at AIER who specializes in defending freedom and combatting collectivism. He has written a definitive c

Freedom in the 50 States: How Free is YOUR state? | Jason Sorens & Kate Wand

Dec 14 2023 47 mins  
How free is your state? Why has New York gone from a beacon of liberty to a state that people now flee in droves? And why are people moving to places like Florida, New Hampshire and South Dakota?Way back in the early 2000s, Jason Sorens paired up with AIER president William Ruger to find out. Jason joined Kate Wand on Liberty Curious to discuss his book, Freedom In the Fifty States

Röpke's Battle Against Nazi Ideology | Samuel Gregg & Kate Wand

Nov 23 2023 62 mins  
READ Samuel Gregg's Articles: https://lawliberty.org/when-a-classical-liberal-confronted-nazi-terror/https://lawliberty.org/wilhelm-ropkes-civilization-of-liberty/LISTEN to Liberty Curious: https://www.aier.org/podcasts/SUBSCRIBE to Sam Gregg's Articles: https://www.aier.org/people/samuel-gregg/What can happen when societies decouple from the Western liberal tradition and adopt col

Why *THIS* Mindset Puts Our Liberty at RISK | Barry Brownstein & Kate Wand

Nov 09 2023 52 mins  
READ Barry Brownstein's Article: https://www.aier.org/article/to-live-for-grievances-risks-liberty/LISTEN to Liberty Curious: https://www.aier.org/podcasts/SUBSCRIBE to Barry's Substack: https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/Why are so many in our generation brainwashed to see the world in a terrible way? And what is it about their mindset that makes them so susceptible to this kind o

DECOLONIZATION: From Theory to Practice | Phil Magness & Kate Wand

Oct 26 2023 38 mins  
Since October 7th, 2023, we have seen that ideas have consequences in the real world.Phillip Magness is an economic historian who specializes in the economic dimensions of slavery and racial discrimination, the history of taxation, and measurements of economic inequality over time. He also maintains an active research interest in higher education policy and the history of economic

The Original MAGA: The True Cost of Protectionism | Phil Magness & Kate Wand

Oct 05 2023 65 mins  
In this episode of Liberty Curious we go deep into the historical roots of 'Making America Great Again'. Kate Wand sat down with Phillip W. Magness, Senior Research Faculty and F.A. Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History at AIER, to discuss the true implications of tariffs and protectionism and how they have shaped America's economic landscape.From the earliest years of the

Liberalism: What Does It Even MEAN? | Michael Munger & Kate Wand

Sep 21 2023 60 mins  
On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Michael Munger, economist and professor of political economy at Duke University, to discuss the Classical Liberal diaspora. Diaspora refers to the scattering of liberals ‘of the old type’; the remnant, the libertarians, and the classical liberals, whose message about liberty and limited government gets lost in a sea of

Did the 2008 Financial Crisis Ever Really END? | Paul Mueller & Kate Wand

Sep 10 2023 79 mins  
On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Paul Mueller, who recently joined AIER as Senior Research Faculty, to discuss the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis and its reverberation into our present day. "Everything we're seeing around us is a fallout from that crisis." - Paul MuellerPaul received his PhD in economics from George Mason University, and is the author of Ten

Is There Such A Thing as Objective Morality? | Bruce Pardy & Kate Wand

Aug 31 2023 64 mins  
Is there such a thing as objective morality? On a recent episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Bruce Pardy, professor of Law and Executive Director of Rights Probe to discuss the woke virus of the mind. The comments section was full of passionate and interesting criticism and debate on one particular issue: can we all universally agree on what is right and wrong and t

The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights | David Beito & Kate Wand

Aug 24 2023 76 mins  
On this episode of Liberty Curious, David T. Beito, professor, historian and author, joins Kate Wand to discuss his upcoming expose: The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance.Although FDR is still considered one of the most beloved presidents in American history, David’s research exposes his dark