The Great Antidote

Send us Fan Mail Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, joins us this week to discuss the Biden administration's latest infrastructure endeavor, similar undertakings from US history, and what infrastructure actually means. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Colin Grabow, policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, joins us this week to discuss foreign trade, protectionism, and the Jones Act. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Liya Palagashvili, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins us this week to discuss the gig and sharing economy, independent contractors vs, employees, and the future of work regulation. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute,  journalist, and author joins us this week to discuss the history of black America, the civil rights era, and the future of black empowerment. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Will Rinehart, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity,   joins us this week to discuss broadband access, broadband adaption, and plans to connect the "unconnected" and rural communities. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Lisa Snell, the director of K-12 education policy partnerships at the Charles Koch Institute,   joins us this week to discuss funding for schools, the current state of education, and school choice. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Happy tax season! Adam Michel, Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation,   joins us this week to discuss the federal tax system, expenditures, and potential tax policy improvements.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Shoshana Weissmann, Senior Manager of Digital Communications and Policy Fellow at R-Street,   joins us this week to discuss occupational licensing reform, quiet research, Section 230, and how to Twitter.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Lenore Skenazy, co-founder and President of Let Grow and author of "Free-Range Kids" , joins us this week to discuss modern parenting, the nanny state, and the revolutionary free-range kids movement. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University, Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, and former Executive Director of the GMU Law and Economics Center , joins us this week to discuss the national debt, financial regulation, minimum wage, and Law & Economics.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Brian Riedl, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and former staff director of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth , joins us this week to discuss the federal budget, tax reform, the national debt, and the future of U.S. economic policy. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Ins...

Send us Fan Mail Radley Balko, journalist, author, and criminal justice blogger , joins us this week to discuss the U.S. criminal justice system as a whole, the problems with crime labs, the militarization of the police, and the future of enforcement. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2 of the Great Antidote! Ron Bailey, the science correspondent for Reason Magazine , joins us this week to discuss human progress, the supposed impending apocalypse, COVID-19 innovations, and his new book "The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century."  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Faceboo...

Send us Fan Mail The Great Antidote is wrapping up its first season with this very special episode. Juliette reflects back on some of her favorite responses to the now well-known question "What is the most important thing people my age (17) or in my generation should know but don't?" Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Ins...

Send us Fan Mail Trevor Burrus, research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor‐​in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review ,  joins us this week to discuss guns, gun owners, and gun laws. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Tevi Troy, best-selling presidential historian, and a former senior government official joins us this week to discuss the U.S. presidency, executive staff, and presidents of the past. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Robby Soave, a Senior Editor at Reason, joins us to discuss college culture, activism, and intersectionality. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Scott Lincicome, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Cato Institue and International Trade Attorney, joins us to discuss daylight-savings, free trade, and barriers to economic growth. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Eli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University,  joins us to discuss economic stagnation, technology, and innovation.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail John F. Cogan, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University, joins us to discuss the national debt, the federal budget, and entitlement programs.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Huddeston, director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, joins us for the second part of the antitrust series to talk about antitrust and big tech.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Don Boudreaux, GMU economics professor and blogger at Cafe Hayek, talks to us about the origins, purpose, and effects of antitrust laws in this two-part series about antitrust. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic and author of many books including Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, continues the conversation of free speech and talks to us about cancel culture.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget at the Heritage Foundation, talks to us about paid leave and whether it should be government-provided or mandated for employers to provide. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .

Send us Fan Mail David Boaz, executive vice president of Cato Institute and author of The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom, talks to us about the libertarian mind and philosophy.  Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram .