From the New World
From the New World
Bryan Caplan: Can We Make Freedom and Democracy Compatible?
2
1×
0:00
-1:52:55
Bryan Caplan: Can We Make Freedom and Democracy Compatible?
On political alliances, technological adoption, Straussian readings, and more
Brian Chau
and
Bryan Caplan
May 8, 2023
2
Share

Today’s guest is Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University, author of the Bet On It newsletter and many books, including Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrational.

Find Bryan Caplan (and buy his books):

Bet On It

Caplan and Candor
By Bryan Caplan

https://twitter.com/bryan_caplan

https://www.amazon.com/Voters-Mad-Scientists-Political-Irrationality/dp/B0C2SD1K8B

https://www.amazon.com/How-Evil-Are-Politicians-Demagoguery/dp/B09YQGKBXH

https://www.amazon.ca/Myth-Rational-Voter-Democracies-Policies/dp/0691138737

Bryan Caplan: How Libertarians Can Stop Losing Friends and Influencing No One

Brian Chau
·
October 3, 2022
Bryan Caplan: How Libertarians Can Stop Losing Friends and Influencing No One

Listen now (106 min) | Bryan Caplan is an economist and professor at George Mason University, the writer of the betonit substack and the author of many books: The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, the Case Against Education, Open Borders: the Science and Ethics of Immigration

Read full story

Mentioned in the episode:

Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology
Understanding Right and Left | Bryan Caplan & Richard Hanania
Listen now (93 min) | Bryan Caplan joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrationality. Bryan begins by explaining why he hates politics. Much of the conversation then centers around Caplan’s simplistic theory of the right and left. This is compared and contrasted with Scott Alexander’s…
Listen now
7 months ago · 10 likes · 3 comments

https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=28088

Richard Hanania's Newsletter
Why EA Will Be Anti-Woke or Die
Sometimes people will say that their politics are based on “common decency” or “treating others well.” Most intelligent observers roll their eyes at this kind of talk. If you describe your politics or philosophy in a way no one would disagree with, you’re not saying anything substantive…
Read more
10 months ago · 126 likes · 261 comments · Richard Hanania

2 Comments
From the New World

From the New World

THE podcast on institutions.

Listen on

Substack App
Apple Podcasts
RSS Feed

Appears in episode

Brian Chau
Bryan Caplan
Writes Bet On It Subscribe

Recent Episodes

3:01:18
Samuel Hammond: The Machine Learning Regime Change
 • 
Brian Chau
2:34:58
James Pethokoukis: The Case for Techno-Optimism
 • 
Brian Chau
39:28
James Pethokoukis Post-Podcast Reflection
 • 
Brian Chau
56:13
Post-Podcast Reflection (Marc Andreessen)
 • 
Brian Chau
1:56:05
Marc Andreesen: The Time to Fight for AI is Now
 • 
Brian Chau
1:34:28
(Classic Episode) Jon Askonas: Politics is Downstream of Technology
 • 
Brian Chau
35:06
Post-Podcast Reflection (James Poulos)
 • 
Brian Chau
1:05:02
James Poulos: The Wisdom of Being Free
 • 
Brian Chau
 and 
James Poulos