It was my distinct pleasure to have Jonah Goldberg join Pejman Yousefzadeh and myself for this week’s edition of Coffee and Markets. We discussed his new book The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas, the liberal pretense to being non-ideological – and just how much ideology is found in the use… Continue reading
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Q&A with Nick Arvin, author of The Reconstructionist
As I noted in my review of his latest novel, The Reconstructionist, Nick Arvin really captured my attention with Articles of War. He was gracious enough to participate in a Q&A for that novel so I was excited about getting his perspective this time around. Luckily for me, he agreed to take some time to… Continue reading
Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools
On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and I are joined by Andrew Kelly, to discuss Sticks and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools. In the podcast we discuss the federal role in education and ways to move past traditional, and often stale, debating points regarding the… Continue reading
Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools
On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and I are joined by Andrew Kelly, to discuss Sticks and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools. In the podcast we discuss the federal role in education and ways to move past traditional, and often stale, debating points regarding the… Continue reading
Podcast: Jay Nordlinger on the Nobel Peace Prize
On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and I are joined by Jay Nordlinger to discuss his book on the Nobel Peace Prize – Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World. We discussed the way the famous prize is structured, the interesting people… Continue reading
John Tomasi on a libertarian approach to social justice
Today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, covers a subject of particular interest to me. Pejman Yousefzadeh and myself were joined by John Tomasi to discuss his book Free Market Fairness, which makes the argument for a libertarian approach to social justice. Despite its seemingly philosophical and analytical nature, this is a subject of some importance in my mind. The… Continue reading
James Delingpole on Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors
On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and I were joined by James Delingpole to discuss his book Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors. We discussed the arguments for and against global warming and the possibility for a different and better approach to science and scientific inquiry. Listen to the podcast.
Stephen Bainbridge On Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis
For this week’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and I were joined by Stephen Bainbridge. We discussed his book, Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis, the general shortcomings of policy approaches to financial crises, and the shortcomings of Sarbanes-Oxley, and Dodd-Frank in particular. Listen here.
Olen Steinhauer on An American Spy and Post 9/11 Spy Fiction
Great timing for this weeks Coffee & Markets podcast. Pejman Yousefzadeh and I were joined by one of my favorite authors, Olen Steinhauer. We discussed his just released novel An American Spy, the post-Cold War and post 9/11 spy novel, and his career as a writer while living outside the United States. Listen here. Related articles An American… Continue reading