Yeoman

Don Boudreaux is a professor of economics at George Mason University, an Associate Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and a prolific writer on free market economics, international trade, and law. In addition to his books on those topics, you can find his writings on the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the National Review, and the Library for Economics and Liberty, among other places. He’s also the driving force behind the outstanding blog Cafe Hayek. This episode was recorded on Constitution Day, September 17, 2024. We discuss freedom of speech, how our judicial system is faring, regulatory capture, the Federal Reserve, intellectual property, voting, and teaching.

You can find Yeoman on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Youtube, and elsewhere.

Links and references

Cafe Hayek

Cafe Hayek quotation of the day on Constitution Day

Empire of Liberty by Gordon Wood

Cato Institute Constitution Day

Murthy vs Missouri summary

Institute for Justice

The PRIME Act

Fragile by Design

George Carlin on voting

Timestamps

0:00 – intro

1:01 – Constitution Day

5:20 – Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, Henry thoughts on the Constitution today

12:03 – Bill of Rights today, Murthy v Missouri

18:26 – American free trade zone, commerce clause, interstate competition, occupational licensing

33:03 – PRIME Act, inspection requirements and public interest, corporatism, local vs big producers

40:42 – the legal status of corporations, history and tradeoffs, intellectual property

58:38 – post-2008 monetary policy, the Federal Reserve

1:07:02 – housing policies and recession, Clinton-era homeownership, narratives of the Great Recession

1:18:41 – the dismal state of fiscal responsibility

1:20:34 – time preference and effects on society: integrity, debt, consequences, and a reckoning

1:25:01 – innovation and lowering sclerotic regulation, permissionless economies

1:32:08 – federal subsidies of supply chain, infrastructure

1:38:28 – voting and political voice

1:44:09 – teaching economics, a state of wonder about markets

1:49:14 – conclusion