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27/06/2018

Bruce Caldwell on F.A. Hayek, Economic History, and His Life's Work

Hayek Program Podcast

27/06/2018

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1h 5m
24/10/2024

Atanu Chatterjee on Governance and Design in Slum Rehabilitation

Subscribe to Grand Tamasha on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or your favorite podcast app. I spoke with Atanu Chatterjee, a PhD candidate in geography at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a lecturer at the School of Human Settlements, XIM University Bhubaneswar. We discussed his dissertation examining the in situ slum rehabilitation scheme through a state-led intervention in low income housing in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. We talked about the reasons for the emergence of urban slums in Ahmedabad, the successes and failures of the in situ slum rehabilitation scheme, the differences across four recent slum redevelopments, the types of problems residents face post rehabilitation, and much more. Recorded September 12th, 2024. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Connect with Ideas of India Follow us on X Follow Shruti on X Follow Atanu on X Click here for the latest Ideas of India episodes sent straight to your inbox. Timestamps (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:10) - Grand Tamasha (00:02:54) - The Aims of In Situ Slum Redevelopment (00:05:58) - Frameworks for Understanding Slums (00:10:06) - The Economic Context of Slums in Relation to Governance (00:12:26) - Communal Violence and Segregation and the Formation of Slums (00:15:46) - Approaches to Slum Redevelopment (00:17:05) - Slum Redevelopment in Ahmedabad (00:19:37) - Ahmedabad As a Success Story? (00:21:35) - Consent and Coercion in the Redevelopment of Slums (00:26:07) - Public–Private Partnerships and Participation in Redevelopment Schemes (00:27:21) - Challenges in Adjusting to In Situ Redevelopment (00:30:19) - Expectations of Living in a Post-Redevelopment Colony (00:32:03) - Basis for Evaluating the Success of Rehabilitation (00:34:01) - Allotment of Homes and Ownership Restrictions (00:36:15) - Questions Regarding the Resale of Allotted Homes (00:40:04) - Issues that Impede Residents' Adjustment to Communal Living (00:42:51) - The Role of the State in Facilitating Transitions to Redeveloped Housing (00:44:14) - Mechanisms for Creating Successful Redevelopments (00:46:27) - A Participatory Approach Versus a Top-Down Approach to Redevelopment (00:49:03) - Building the Capacity of Community Associations (00:51:36) - Grounds for Optimism (00:53:09) - Improvements of the Institutional Framework Through Community Empowerment (00:54:45) - The Potentially Supportive Role of NGOs (00:56:390 - No Quick Fixes but Revised Platforms (00:57:33) - Outro

24/10/2024

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58 min
07/06/2021

David Andolfatto on a Standing Repo Facility, the Future of CBDC, and Plumbing Issues in Monetary Policy

David Andolfatto is a vice president for the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and has published widely in the field of monetary economics. David also blogs at MacroMania and is a returning guest to the podcast. He rejoins Macro Musings to talk about his thoughts on macro theory, plumbing issues, central bank digital currency, and more. Transcript for the episode can be found here. David's Twitter: @dandolfa David's St. Louis Fed profile: https://www.stlouisfed.org/about-us/leadership-governance/bank-officers/executive-bios/david-andolfatto Related Links: *Some Thoughts on Central Bank Digital Currency* by David Andolfatto https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/spring/summer-2021/some-thoughts-central-bank-digital-currency *Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee: April 27-28, 2021* by the Fed https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcminutes20210428.pdf David's blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David's Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

07/06/2021

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54 min
25/10/2024

Corey Brettschneider on Citizen Checks on Presidential Power

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Corey Brettschneider, a professor of political science at Brown University, about his new book, “The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought To Defend It.” They discuss the early presidential models of Washington and Adams, what categorizes a “recovery” president after a period of crisis, Frederick Douglass as a founder of American democracy, how we haven’t yet recovered from Nixon and much more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Recorded August 28th, 2024 Other ways to connect Follow Discourse Magazine on X Follow Ben on X Follow Ben on LinkedIn Follow Corey on X Read more by Discourse Magazine. Learn more about the Mercatus Center. Music Copyright Code: QSHX8CE2OGOJIZGV

25/10/2024

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43 min
13/01/2021

Peter Boettke & David Prychitko on Academia and Libertarianism, Pt. 3

Hayek Program Podcast

13/01/2021

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37 min
20/12/2024

Shira Hoffer on Curious Disagreement

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Shira Hoffer, the founder and executive director of the Institute for Multipartisan Education, about her work as a mediator and the importance of curious disagreement. They discuss self-censorship among college students, how to develop good conflict resolution skills, the Hotline for Israel/Palestine and much more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Recorded November 11th, 2024. Other ways to connect Follow Discourse Magazine on X Follow Ben on X Follow Ben on LinkedIn Read more by Discourse Magazine. Learn more about the Mercatus Center. Music Copyright Code: QSHX8CE2OGOJIZGV

20/12/2024

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38 min
22/07/2024

James Bullard on FAIT, Nominal GDP Targeting, and the Fed's Upcoming Framework Review

James Bullard was the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis from 2008 to 2023, and he is currently the dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business at Purdue University. James is also a previous guest of the show, and he rejoins David on Macro Musings to talk about his time at the Fed, FAIT, and the upcoming Fed framework review. Specifically, James and David also discuss how to improve the FOMC's economic reporting, the case for implementing nominal GDP targeting, the future of R-star, and much more. Transcript for this week's episode. James's St. Louis Fed bio James's Purdue University profile David Beckworth's Twitter: @DavidBeckworth Follow us on Twitter: @Macro_Musings Check out our new AI chatbot: the Macro Musebot! Join the new Macro Musings Discord server! Join the Macro Musings mailing list! Check out our Macro Musings merch! Related Links: *R-Star Wars: The Phantom Menace* - A presentation by James Bullard at the 34th Annual National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Economic Policy Conference *Demand Shocks as Technology Shocks* by Yan Bai, Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, and Kjetil Storesletten Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Intro (00:03:10) – Defining the St. Louis Fed and Bullard's Fed Tenure (00:09:58) – Comparing FAIT and Nominal GDP Targeting (00:15:55) – Assessing the Current FAIT Framework (00:25:37) – Evaluating the Recent V-Shaped Recovery (00:29:28) – What to Expect from the Upcoming Fed Framework Review (00:33:31) – Improving the FOMC's Economic Reporting (00:37:46) – The Case for Nominal GDP Targeting (00:50:24) – The Future of R-Star (00:53:52) – Outro

22/07/2024

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55 min
22/09/2021

Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism

What is our right to be desired? How are our sexual desires shaped by the society around us? Is consent sufficient for a sexual relationship? In the wake of the #MeToo movement, public debates about sex work, and the rise in popularity of "incel culture", philosopher Amia Srinivasan explores these questions and more in her new book of essays, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century. Amia's interests lay in how our internal perspectives and desires are shaped by external forces, and the question of how we might alter those forces to achieve a more just, equitable society. Amia joined Tyler to discuss the importance of context in her vision of feminism, what social conservatives are right about, why she's skeptical about extrapolating from the experience of women in Nordic countries, the feminist critique of the role of consent in sex, whether disabled individuals should be given sex vouchers, how to address falling fertility rates, what women learned about egalitarianism during the pandemic, why progress requires regress, her thoughts on Susan Sontag, the stroke of fate that stopped her from pursuing a law degree, the "profound dialectic" in Walt Whitman's poetry, how Hinduism has shaped her metaphysics, how Bernard Williams and Derek Parfit influenced her, the anarchic strain in her philosophy, why she calls herself a socialist, her next book on genealogy, and more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Recorded September 8th, 2021 Other ways to connect Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Follow Tyler on Twitter Follow Amia on Twitter Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Subscribe at our newsletter page to have the latest Conversations with Tyler news sent straight to your inbox. Thumbnail photo credit: Nina Subin

22/09/2021

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1h 5m
01/09/2022

Shruti Rajagopalan talks to Daniel Gross and Tyler about Identifying and Predicting Talent

How can one identify and predict talent? On a search to answer this question and others like it, Tyler Cowen joined venture capitalist and entrepreneur Daniel Gross to explore the art and science of finding talent in their new book Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World. In a panel discussion hosted by Shruti Rajagopalan, Cowen and Gross discuss the applications of their new book, particularly how lifestyle characteristics can indicate an individual is capable of great creativity and talent. Daniel and Tyler also discuss undervalued talents and skills, what talents they look for in the start-up and investment world, why there is no good chocolate ice cream to be found in San Francisco, what their exercise preferences indicate about their personalities, how they approach identifying talent in different countries and industries, how immigration impacts entrepreneurialism, the short-comings to Zoom interviews, what a messy desk reveals about a person, and more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Recorded June 29th, 2022 Other ways to connect Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Follow Tyler on Twitter Follow Daniel on Twitter Follow Shruti on Twitter Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Subscribe at our newsletter page to have the latest Conversations with Tyler news sent straight to your inbox. Photo credit: Drew Bird Photo

01/09/2022

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1h 8m
20/10/2020

State Regulation: The Case for Reform

Welcome to the Bridge Policy Download produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today, we’re bringing you the audio from a recent webinar we held on why states should undertake regulatory reform. This is the first of a two-part series on state regulatory reform. The second part, on how states can implement reforms, will release next week. Our speakers today are James Broughel, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Colin O'Reilly, Associate Professor, Heider College of Business, and Laura Jones, Visiting Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and the Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategic Officer of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). If you’d like to contact a scholar involved in this webinar, please email mercatusoutreach@mercatus.gmu.edu We've changed our name! What was formally known at the Mercatus Policy Download is now The Bridge Policy Download. Our goal has always been to provide our audience with smart policy ideas for a growing world, and that remains to be our goal. To learn more about The Bridge, visit mercatus.org/bridge. Subscribe to The Bridge Policy Download for all policy, no punditry, and a path forward, wherever you get your podcasts.

20/10/2020

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54 min

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