Liberal Democracy
October 12, 2020
Political Economy Forum Podcast: Misconceptions about Liberalism, Academic Freedom and Science
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/6-misconceptions-about-liberalism-academic-freedom-and-science Guests: Professor Victor Menaldo, co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, Jesse – a friend of the Forum who works for a Big Tech company, and co-hosted by Nicolas Wittstock, Wesley Fellow with the Forum and PhD student in Political Science at the University of Washington. This episode is a conversation between Professor…
October 7, 2020
Rethinking the Durability of Revolutionary Regimes – By Anne Meng and Jack Paine
Revolutionary regimes have long been considered to be a durable form of authoritarian rule. The PRI regime in Mexico, for instance, ruled the country for 83 years, and the USSR remained in power for 74 years. Revolutionary regimes in China, Vietnam, and Cuba have been in power for 71 years, 68 years, and 62…
September 25, 2020
#5 Political Economy Forum Podcast – Populism vs. Liberal Democracy
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/5-populism-vs-liberal-democracy-1 In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock discuss the meaning and virtues of Liberal Democracy and the political earthquakes that Populists have provoked across contemporary democracies. The conversation mentions works by North, Wallis, and Weingast, Levitsky and Ziblatt, John Wallis, Cas Mudde, Magistro and Menaldo, and Munger and Munger, as well as…
September 23, 2020
#4 Political Economy Forum Podcast – The End of Capitalism?
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/pe-forum-podcast-episode-5-the-end-of-capitalism In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock discuss what Capitalism is and isn’t, as well as its peculiar historical trajectory and the pathbreaking economic expansion experienced during the last 250 years. They also broach concerns over lackluster economic performance in industrialized economies today and deep skepticism about Capitalism’s ability to continue to…
September 16, 2020
#3 Political Economy Forum Podcast – On Science and Evidence-Based Policymaking
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/on-science-and-evidence-based-policymaking This week, the founders and organizers of the UW Political Economy Forum discuss the importance of the scientific method to improve how policymakers make decisions. Professors Rachel Heath, James D. Long and Victor Menaldo discuss how scientific inquiry is conducted in political economy and public policy – the pitfalls of relying on intuition and…
September 15, 2020
What is Political Economy? Podcast Episode with Beatrice, James, Rachel & Victor
University of Washington Professors Rachel Heath, James Long, and Victor Menaldo discuss what Political Economy is and what it has to offer. Moderated by Beatrice Magistro: Click here
September 10, 2020
Ronald Coase’s Inimitable Contribution to Evidence Based Policy, By Victor Menaldo
Nobel Prize winning economist Ronald Coase’s 1960 piece, “The Problem of Social Cost”, is one of the most helpful ways to think about cost benefit analysis. It is therefore a pillar of evidence-based policy. Setting the Table: What is Evidence Based Policy? What is evidence-based policy? All public policy starts with a theory,…
August 29, 2020
Center Left Capitalism as the Key to Prosperity, By Victor Menaldo
Capitalism, in its modern form, is only about 250 years old and was ushered in during the industrial revolution. The advent of general-purpose technologies (GPT) transformed the scale of production and put productivity on an exponential growth path for the first time in human history. This ended the Malthusian Trap whereby increased economic productivity engendered…
August 25, 2020
New PE Forum Podcast Episode – Is Cancel Culture Threatening Free Speech?
8/21/2020 – Susan Whiting, Jamie Mayerfeld, Brian Leung, Mark Smith, Victor Menaldo and James Long on Is Cancel Culture Threatening Free Speech? https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/uw-pe-forum-podcast-3-is-cancel-culture-threatening-free-speech “If we don’t try to solve the fundamental problem behind the speech that we dislike and work only to mitigate the symptom — by censoring it — we drive the problem somewhere…
August 5, 2020
Is Avocado Demand Driving Cartel Violence? By Megan Erickson and Lucas Owen
Has the growth of the avocado industry caused a surge in violence among Mexican Drug cartels? While the conventional wisdom in the media is that it has, a shibboleth avocado farmers themselves tend to concur with, our research suggests differently. In the last ten years, the demand for avocados has grown rapidly. Conscious of…
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