Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis Podcast
1) Mackenzie Eaglen: The State of US Military Preparedness
Today on Political Economy, I talk with Mackenzie Eaglen about the Pentagon’s evolving strategy to confront today’s national defense challenges. Mackenzie and I take a look at the military doctrine of...Show More
2) Christopher Scalia: Literary Fiction for the Conservative Mind
Stories are the way we communicate our values, explore complex ideas, and learn to empathize with those who fundamentally differ from ourselves.Christopher Scalia’s most recent book, 13 Novels Conserv...Show More
3) Edward Glaeser: What's Hampering American Housing?
Today on Political Economy, I’m talking with Edward Glaeser about the problem with American housing supply and the many hurdles to building affordable homes. Ed and I look at the past century of urban...Show More
4) Deirdre McCloskey: Ideas that Sparked Independence
You remember your fourth grade history textbook: The British Empire unfairly taxed the American colonies. Tea was dumped in the Boston Harbor. Colonists refused taxation without representation. Theref...Show More
5) Andrew Biggs: American Retirement Readiness
Today on Political Economy, I’m talking with Andrew Biggs on why policymakers, the media, and most Americans are convinced of a retirement crisis that Biggs argues . . . doesn’t exist. Andrew and I di...Show More
6) Derek Scissors: Trump's Tariffs and the China Trade War
Today on Political Economy, I talk with Derek Scissors about what the Trump Administration’s newly-declared tariffs mean for US-China relations and what to make of today’s economic uncertainty.Derek i...Show More
7) Mark Warshawsky: Sizing Up Social Security
Today on Political Economy, I talk with Mark Warshawsky about the state of the Social Security system as we size up some of the reforms currently on the table.
8) Andrew Leigh: An Economist's Guide to Human History
The arc of human history is a story of economics. Social values, human behavior, and the defining events of history are all woven into this field that seeks to explain how and why societies prosper — ...Show More
9) Michael Strain: On the State of the US Economy
Today on Political Economy, Michael Strain and I discuss the key challenges currently facing the American economy; namely, the growing debt burden, lingering inflation, the market response to tariffs,...Show More
10) James Coleman: Unleashing American Infrastructure
Energy, transportation, housing — pro-growth advocates from Washington to Silicon Valley are calling for a revival of American infrastructure. They say, “It’s time to build.”One massive problem, howev...Show More