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Why is housing so expensive in America? On this episode of The Economist Next Door, Paul Mueller sits down with AIER scholars Julia Cartwright and Jason Sorens to unravel the mystery behind America's housing crisis.
They explore how supply and demand, zoning restrictions, building regulations, local "busybodies," and federal housing policies have combined to m...
Before 1953, almost nobody called themselves a "conservative." In this episode of The Economist Next Door, host Paul Mueller sits down with Jeff Nelson, director of the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal, at Kirk's historic home in Mecosta, Michigan. They explore how Russell Kirk's landmark book The Conservative Mind gave shape and name to a tradition that stre...
What happens when a political movement abandons ideas for power? Stephanie Slade, senior editor at Reason and author of Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right, joins Paul Mueller to discuss the conservative philosophy that shaped the twentieth century—and why it is now under attack.
They explore the Fusionist tradition, the relationsh...
What makes an entrepreneur? Is it the ability to disrupt entire industries, as Joseph Schumpeter argued, or the alertness to spot opportunities others overlook, as Israel Kirzner emphasized?
In this episode of The Economist Next Door, Paul Mueller, Pete Earle, and Jeff Degner explore the Austrian School's distinctive theory of entrepreneurship. They discuss cr...
Paul Mueller and David Kotter examine one of today's most debated policy proposals: Universal Basic Income (UBI).
As advances in artificial intelligence reshape the economy, some argue that unprecedented productivity could make work optional. But what would that mean for the social safety net, individual responsibility, and human flourishing?
Drawing from a clas...