The host of EJW Audio is Lawrence H. White, a co-editor of EJW and professor of economics at George Mason University.
In a typical EJW Audio podcast, Professor White and the author of a recent EJW article discuss that article and related issues.
Drawing on his EJW article coauthored with Lars Jonung, Benny Carlson discusses the remarkable tradition of public discourse actuated by the five titans of Swedish economics, Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, and Gunnar Myrdal. Carlson touches on the great liberal economist Anders Chydenius (1729–1803), and, since Myrdal’s time, on the prominent Swedish economists aligned with Wicksell’s own avowed calling, to educate the Swedish people.
Erwin Dekker and Stefan Kolev have provided in EJW a first-ever English translation of a remarkable 1891 essay by Carl Menger. In this podcast Dekker discusses the essay, adding context drawn from his own studies (represented by his book The Viennese Students of Civilization: The Meaning and Context of Austrian Economics Reconsidered), to aid in understanding Menger’s times and his legacy.
Apropos Friedrich Hayek’s essay “The Meaning of Competition,” Frank M. Machovec discusses his book Perfect Competition and the Transformation of Economics (Routledge, 1995).
Sam Fleischacker discusses the impartial spectator and the role it plays in Adam Smith’s moral system, based on his contribution to the EJW symposium “My Understanding of Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator.”
Pavel Kuchař, a Czech teaching in Mexico, tells of his EJW paper exploring the complex history of liberalism in Mexican economic thought and its standing and prospects today.
Interviewed by Garett Jones, David Cushman discusses his article “A Unit Root in Postwar U.S. Real GDP Still Cannot Be Rejected, and Yes, It Matters.”
Hugo Faria, a Venezuelan economist and expat now teaching at the University of Miami, tells the sad story of his home country, based on his EJW paper coauthored with Leonor Filardo.
Shruti Rajagopalan narrates the history of liberal ideas and policy in India, from the 1920s to today, based on her coauthored article “Liberalism in India.” The conversation mentions B. R. Shenoy’s 1955 “Note of Dissent” (regarding the Planning Commission’s draft of the Second Five Year Plan), the brief text of which may be found on the website of the India Policy Institute (link, .pdf).
Arthur Melzer is the author of the landmark book Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing (University of Chicago Press, 2014). A chapter of the book, “A Beginner’s Guide to Esoteric Reading,” on techniques and devices used in esoteric writing, was republished in the May 2015 issue of EJW. The conversation, however, takes up Melzer’s entire book. The conversation is long and covers most of the important ideas of the book, and is divided into two parts.
Arthur Melzer is the author of the landmark book Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing (University of Chicago Press, 2014). A chapter of the book, “A Beginner’s Guide to Esoteric Reading,” on techniques and devices used in esoteric writing, was republished in the May 2015 issue of EJW. The conversation, however, takes up Melzer’s entire book. The conversation is long and covers most of the important ideas of the book, and is divided into two parts.