Podcast

Who should represent physicians when doctors may hold very divergent views on matters of politics, economics, ethics, and even science? Michel Accad and Anish Koka interview Dr. Jane Orient.

It's government — not markets — that intervene to "stimulate" ever greater amounts of spending and consumption. A healthy market economy, meanwhile, relies on both saving and spending.

Professor Peter Klein joins The Human Action Podcast to explain how and why.

Dr. Salerno discusses his intellectual roots and scholarly work, as well as his funny adventures with Murray Rothbard.

Chris Calton recounts a victory that would give the Union access to the Confederate heartland—the capture of Fort Henry. 

Radiology holds a special place in the medical ecosystem. Michel Accad and Anish Koka discuss what its future holds with Dr. Saurabh Jha, Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

If climate change effects aren't enough to put a noticeable dent in life expectancy, then why is climate change talked about as an apocalypse?

Many people on the left regard economics as neither a science nor a principled field of study. For them, economics is just a pseudo-science invented as corporate propaganda, and people who push "free-market economics" do so because they are either evil or brainwashed by corporate masters.

Bob Murphy and David Gornoski discuss state violence and some healthy alternatives to a violence-based society.

To understand the marketplace, it is not necessary to believe in the existence of a selfish, profit-maximizing human.