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#49 - Bryan Caplan

1 hour 38 minutes Posted Jan 9, 2024 at 8:50 am.

Intro

The Most Irrational Beliefs in Society

Why Do People Vote?

The Most Net Positive Delusions in Society

Bottlenecks in Democracy

Idea Traps

The Ideological Turing Test

Caricatures of Political Parties

The Case for Open Borders

Tribalism and Social Cohesion

Privatization and The Confluence of Cultures

What’s the Point of Countries?

What Values Are (Mostly) Non-negotiable?

The Net Present Value of Immigration

The Competition of Cultures

Is Globalism Inevitable?

Resources and Culture

How to Fix Immigration

The Case Against Education

What is a Degree Actually Worth?

Why is Bryan a Professor?

The Value of Conformity in Society

Is Learning How to Learn Real?

Is There Value in the Liberal Arts?

Bryan’s Approach to Learning

Who Does Education Well?

The Biggest Problems in Academia

Should we Abolish Tenure?

Why Parenting is Overrated

What Kind of Parenting Has an Effect?

Positive Effects of Having Kids

The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation

Intangible Costs of Deregulation

How does Ideology Propagate Itself?

If Everything’s Mimetic are Free Markets Overrated?

How to Get Ideas Into the Mainstream

Are Politicians Evil?

The Future of Labor Markets Under Remote Work

What Should More People Be Thinking About?

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Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author.

He’s the author of 8 books, including The Myth of the Rational Voter, The Case Against Education, and Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration. His next book, Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing, will be published by the Cato Institute in 2024.

He’s the editor and chief writer for Bet On It, the blog hosted by the Salem Center for Policy at the University of Texas. He’s published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Newsweek, Atlantic, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Law and Economics, and Intelligence, blogged for EconLog from 2005-2022, and appeared on ABC, BBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and C-SPAN.

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