Political Economy Forum
The Political Economy Forum of the University of Washington discusses cutting-edge academic research in the area of Political Economy.Podcasts
#92 - We, the Data - w/ Wendy Wong
Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 2:24 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 seconds
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#91 - Regulation of Sexual Practices in the US - w/ Feler Bose
Published: June 25, 2023, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 1 second
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#90 - Pitfalls of Democratization - w/ Jorge Rojas-Vallejos
Published: May 4, 2023, 5:51 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 55 seconds
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#89 - Digital Media, Elites, and Masses - w/ Martin Gurri
Published: March 6, 2023, 4:52 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 27 seconds
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#88 - Venture Capital Investment in Green Tech - w/ Nick de la Forge
Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds
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#87 - Is Technology Value-Neutral? - w/ Boaz Miller
Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 8:08 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds
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#86 - How Social Scientists Reshaped US Foreign Policy-Making - w/ Daniel Bessner
Published: Oct. 24, 2022, 6:27 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds
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#85 - The Diploma Divide - w/ Joan Williams
Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 41 seconds
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#84 - Book Review: Technopoly by Neil Postman - w/ Wittstock and Menaldo
Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 3:45 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 2 seconds
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#83 - How much longer can the US Dollar stay on top? - w/ Herman Mark Schwartz
Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 5:55 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 1 second
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#82 - Labor Unions and Corporate Revolutions - w/ Bella Wright, Asher Goldstein, and Weston Beckmann
Published: Aug. 3, 2022, 5:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 58 seconds
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#81 - Finance and Clean Energy - w/ Brett Christophers
Published: June 30, 2022, 6:30 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 34 seconds
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#80 - Human Trafficking in the US - w/ Rachel Castellano and Ryan Goehrung
Published: June 23, 2022, 9:03 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 52 seconds
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#79 - Why We Fight - w/ Chris Blattman
Published: May 16, 2022, 5:45 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 10 seconds
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#78 - The Franchise Economy - w/ Mark Schwartz
Published: May 9, 2022, 5:57 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 39 seconds
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#77 - Silicon Valley and the Origins of US Big Tech - w/ Margaret O'Mara
Published: May 2, 2022, 6:41 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 2 seconds
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#76 - China Goes Green? - w/ Judith Shapiro and Yifei Li
Published: April 4, 2022, 10:34 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 14 seconds
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#75 - US Income Inequality Reconsidered - w/ Vincent Geloso
Published: March 28, 2022, 11:51 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds
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#74 - The Promise of Access - w/ Daniel Greene
Published: March 11, 2022, 1:29 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 58 seconds
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#73 - The Profit Paradox - w/ Jan Eeckhout
Published: March 2, 2022, 12:42 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds
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#72 - The American Political Economy - w/ Jacob Hacker
Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 6:36 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 59 seconds
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#71 - The Politics of Automation - w/ Daron Acemoglu
Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 6:18 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 21 seconds
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#70 - There's no such thing as a free market - w/ Steven Vogel
Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 6:01 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 31 seconds
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#69 - Should the West continue to promote democracy? - w/ Herrold and Prakash
Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 12:36 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 5 seconds
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#68 - The Promise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - w/ Victor Menaldo
Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 11:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 36 seconds
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#67 - Implications of Automation in Administrative Agencies - w/ Ryan Calo
Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 8:21 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds
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#66 - Tech Platforms and how to govern them - w/ Blayne Haggart
Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 9:26 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 18 seconds
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#65 - Economism and Bad Economics - w/ James Kwak
Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 7:21 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds
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#64 - Drugs in Third Reich Germany - w/ Norman Ohler
Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 7:36 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 2 seconds
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#63 - Chicago's new PhD Program in Political Economy - w/ Scott Gehlbach
Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 5:54 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 49 seconds
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#62 - The Evergrande Crisis and Property Rights in China - w/ Susan Whiting
Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 6:46 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 37 seconds
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#61 - The Political Economy of Gifting - w/ Tony Gill
Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 6:45 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 21 seconds
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#60 - Return of the Pragmatic Center after Germany's 2021 Federal Election - w/ Niko Switek
Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 5:21 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds
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#59 - Free Enterprise: From New Deal Opposition to Proclaimed Common Sense - w/ Lawrence Glickman
Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 7:23 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 22 seconds
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#58 The State of the Clean Energy Transition w/ Bruce Usher
Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 6:31 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 13 seconds
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#57 - Building a Human Future in the Age of AI and Robots - w/ Frank Pasquale
Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 9:59 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds
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#56 - China's War on Big Tech in 2021 - w/ Rogier Creemers
Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 12:43 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 35 seconds
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#55 - The White Working Class and Rightwing Populism - w/ Joan Williams
Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 6:13 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds
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#54 - Privacy is Power - w/ Carissa Veliz
Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 9:27 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 15 seconds
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#53 - Development, Inequality, and Corruption in Latin America - w/ Leticia Abad
Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 4:42 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 54 seconds
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#52 - Property rights and corruption in feudal England - w/ Sean Bottomley
Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 5:16 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 6 seconds
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#51 - Education systems and technological change - w/ Marius Busemeyer
Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 1:43 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 31 seconds
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#50 - Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose? The follies of persistence studies - w/ Abad and Maurer
Published: July 26, 2021, 5:35 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 47 seconds
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#49 - The Political Economy of Pandemics in the US - w/ Abad and Maurer
Published: July 19, 2021, 6:34 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 59 seconds
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#48 - Has Big Tech oversold its productivity? - w/ Victor Menaldo
Published: July 12, 2021, 9:53 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 25 seconds
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#47 - Is Silicon Valley upending Democracy? - w/ Carles Boix
Published: July 5, 2021, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 15 seconds
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The Meritocracy Trap - w/ Daniel Markovits
Published: June 28, 2021, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 11 seconds
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#46 - The Meritocracy Trap - w/ Daniel Markovits
Published: June 28, 2021, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 11 seconds
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The Geography of Innovation in the US - w/ Enrico Moretti
Published: June 21, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 50 seconds
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#45 - The Geography of Innovation in the US - w/ Enrico Moretti
Published: June 21, 2021, 9:30 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 50 seconds
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Innovation to Combat Climate Change - with Ralf Martin
Published: June 14, 2021, 4:55 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds
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#44 - Innovation to Combat Climate Change - w/ Ralf Martin
Published: June 14, 2021, 4:55 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds
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The Digitization of State Repression - with Steven Feldstein
Published: June 7, 2021, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 18 seconds
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#43 - The Digitization of State Repression - w/ Steven Feldstein
Published: June 7, 2021, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 18 seconds
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Improving Democracy through Debate - with Mark Alan Smith
Published: May 31, 2021, 6:18 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds
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#42 - Improving Democracy through Debate - w/ Mark Alan Smith
Published: May 31, 2021, 6:18 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds
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Anger, Populism, and Modern Economics - with Mark Blyth
Published: May 24, 2021, 7:27 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 25 seconds
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#41 - Anger, Populism, and Modern Economics - w/ Mark Blyth
Published: May 24, 2021, 7:27 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 25 seconds
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#40 - Political Economy of Cancel Culture - w/ Victor Menaldo
Published: May 17, 2021, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 41 seconds
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Political Economy of Cancel Culture - with Victor Menaldo
Published: May 17, 2021, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 41 seconds
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Radical Markets for Radical Democracy - with Glen Weyl
Published: May 10, 2021, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 50 seconds
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#39 - Radical Markets for Radical Democracy - w/ Glen Weyl
Published: May 10, 2021, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 50 seconds
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#38 - Democratic Backsliding in American States - w/ Jake Grumbach
Published: May 5, 2021, 3:09 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 6 seconds
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Democratic Backsliding in American States - with Jake Grumbach
Published: May 5, 2021, 3:09 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 6 seconds
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Can Taxes Improve Politics? - with Jonathan Weigel
Published: April 26, 2021, 5:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 29 seconds
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#37 - Can Taxes Improve Politics? - w/ Jonathan Weigel
Published: April 26, 2021, 5:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 29 seconds
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State v. the Internet? - with Natasha Tusikov
Published: April 19, 2021, 7:06 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 26 seconds
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#36 - State v. the Internet? - w/ Natasha Tusikov
Published: April 19, 2021, 7:06 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 26 seconds
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Invention, Innovation, and the British Industrial Revolution - with Anton Howes
Published: April 12, 2021, 9:32 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds
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#35 - Invention, Innovation, and the British Industrial Revolution - w/ Anton Howes
Published: April 12, 2021, 9:32 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds
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Beautiful game, troubling results? - with Leah Rosenzweig and Yang-Yang Zhou
Published: April 6, 2021, 9:34 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds
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#34 - Beautiful game, troubling results? - w/ Leah Rosenzweig and Yang-Yang Zhou
Published: April 6, 2021, 9:34 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds
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Capitalism without Capital - with Johnathan Haskel
Published: April 2, 2021, 1:04 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 58 seconds
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#33 - Capitalism without Capital - w/ Johnathan Haskel
Published: April 2, 2021, 1:04 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 58 seconds
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Selling your Soul or Hedging? What are Income Pools?
Published: March 26, 2021, 10:04 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 21 seconds
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#32 - Selling your Soul or Hedging? What are Income Pools?
Published: March 26, 2021, 10:04 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 21 seconds
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Why So Many Journalists Are Killed In Democracies - with Sabine Carey
Published: March 24, 2021, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 51 seconds
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#31 - Why So Many Journalists Are Killed In Democracies - w/ Sabine Carey
Published: March 24, 2021, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 51 seconds
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How Dictators (ab)use Democratic Institutions - with Anne Meng
Published: March 15, 2021, 4:56 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 26 seconds
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#30 - How Dictators (ab)use Democratic Institutions - w/ Anne Meng
Published: March 15, 2021, 4:56 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 26 seconds
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Special Townhall Discussion *Crossover with Neither Free Nor Fair?*
Published: March 5, 2021, 2:28 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 54 seconds
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#29 - Special Townhall Discussion *Crossover with Neither Free Nor Fair?*
Published: March 5, 2021, 2:28 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 54 seconds
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Ellen Seljan: Automatic Voter Registration to the rescue?
Published: March 2, 2021, 12:44 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 17 seconds
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#28 - Automatic Voter Registration to the rescue? - w/ Ellen Seljan
Published: March 2, 2021, 12:44 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 17 seconds
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Shelby Grossman: Online Foreign Influence Operations
Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds
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#27 - Online Foreign Influence Operations - w/ Shelby Grossman
Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 6 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds
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Niko Switek: Far-Right and Far-Left in Europe
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 9:23 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 1 second
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#26 - Far-Right and Far-Left in Europe - w/ Niko Switek
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 9:23 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 1 second
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David Skarbek: Prison Governance
Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 6:22 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds
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#25 - Prison Gangs and Governance - w/ David Skarbek
Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 6:22 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 24 seconds
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Glory Liu: Understanding Adam Smith
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6:23 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 14 seconds
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#24 - Understanding Adam Smith -w/ Glory Liu
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6:23 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 14 seconds
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Long and Menaldo on Deplatforming and Impeachment
Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 11:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 26 seconds
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#23 - Deplatforming and Impeachment - w/ Long and Menaldo
Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 11:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 26 seconds
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Asli Cansunar: Economic Perceptions and Policy Preferences
Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 5:51 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 47 seconds
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#22 - Economic Perceptions and Policy Preferences - w/ Asli Cansunar
Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 5:51 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 47 seconds
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Roddy Lindsay: Free Speech on Social Media
Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 7:39 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 38 seconds
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#21 - Free Speech on Social Media - w/ Roddy Lindsay
Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 7:39 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 38 seconds
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Long and Menaldo: Insurrection, Sedition, Coup -- oh my! *Special Cross-over episode*
Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 7:09 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 26 seconds
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Mark Alan Smith: Can Science Resolve Political Debates?
Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 1:03 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 19 seconds
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Magistro and Menaldo: Populist Economic Policy
Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 5:11 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 21 seconds
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Dennis Young: Immigrant Detention Centers
Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 4:28 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 seconds
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Will Gochberg: Land Rights in Uganda
Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds
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Menaldo on Big Tech and Antitrust Policy
Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 9:07 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 41 seconds
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#15 - Big Tech and Antitrust Policy - w/ Victor Menaldo
Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 9:07 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 41 seconds
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Heath on International Scrutiny and Working Conditions in Manufacturing
Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 7:24 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 4 seconds
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Long and Menaldo on Coups and Contested Elections in the US
Published: Nov. 14, 2020, 7:55 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 5 seconds
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Guy Grossman on Politician Performance Transparency
Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 8:53 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds
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#11 - Politician Performance Transparency - w/ Guy Grossman
Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 8:53 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds
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Beatrice Magistro on Economic Literacy
Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 4:04 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 49 seconds
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#10 - Economic Literacy - w/ Beatrice Magistro
Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 4:04 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 49 seconds
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Ben Glasner on the Gig Economy and Social Welfare Legislation
Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 12:55 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 44 seconds
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#9 - Gig Economy and Social Welfare Legislation - w/ Ben Glasner
Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 12:55 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 44 seconds
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Mark Menaldo on Heidegger and Totalitarianism
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 7:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 33 seconds
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#8 - Heidegger and Totalitarianism - w/ Mark Menaldo
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 7:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 33 seconds
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Menaldo and Wittstock on Liberalism, Academic Freedom, and Science
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 3 seconds
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#7 - Liberalism, Academic Freedom, and Science - w/ Menaldo and Wittstock
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 3 seconds
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Neither Free Nor Fair? Presidential Debates--Special Crossover Episode!
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds
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#6 - Neither Free Nor Fair? Presidential Debates--Special Crossover Episode!
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 11:01 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds
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Neither Free Nor Fair? - *New Podcast on Election Security*
Published: Sept. 26, 2020, 8:50 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
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Menaldo and Wittstock on Populism vs. Liberal Democracy
Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 7:59 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 18 seconds
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#5 - Populism vs. Liberal Democracy - w/ Menaldo and Wittstock
Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 7:59 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 18 seconds
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Victor Menaldo: The End of Capitalism?
Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 3:43 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 29 seconds
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#4 - The End of Capitalism? - w/ Victor Menaldo
Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 3:43 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 29 seconds
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On Science and Evidence-Based Policymaking
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 32 seconds
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#3 - On Science and Evidence-Based Policymaking
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 52 minutes 32 seconds
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Is Cancel Culture Threatening Free Speech?
Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 11 seconds
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#2 - Is Cancel Culture Threatening Free Speech?
Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 7:15 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 11 seconds
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Heath, Long and Menaldo on What is Political Economy?
Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 50 seconds
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#1 - What is Political Economy? - w/ Heath, Long, and Menaldo
Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 7:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 50 seconds
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