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The Great Antidote: with Josh Rauh on the U.S. Public Pension Crisis: Deep Dive

April 3, 2022

What lessons can be learned from places like Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI when we think about the role of pensions in state and city public finance? Perhaps more importantly, what is the impact of poorly designed and funded systems on the individuals involved with them and paying for them? Josh Ruah has some suggestions to help us think about this sometimes dry-seeming but very important issue in this episode of The Great Antidote.

The Great Antidote: Josh Rauh on the Pending Public Pension Crisis

April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022

The Great Antidote: with James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew: Deep Dive

March 31, 2022

"Das Adam Smith problem," Smith's influences, his friendship and disagreements with David Hume, his dying wish for the destructions of his unfinished works, and his "labor theory of value" all get discussed in this episode of The Great Antidote. Host Juliette Sellgren invites Dr. James R. Otteson to draw on his research on Smith to answer her questions.

The Great Antidote: with Lauren Hall on the Medicalization of Giving Birth: Deep Dive

March 27, 2022

We all know the importance of birth and death. What most people don't seem to realize is the extent to which the beginning and end of our lives has been medicalized. In this episode, Juliette Sellgren and Dr. Lauren Hall talk about the variety of factors—often unrelated to the personal welfare of the individuals involved—that contribute to mom and babies having these incredibly personal events frequently reduced to a one-size-fits-all experience.

The Great Antidote: Lauren Hall on the Medicalization of Birth and Death

March 25, 2022

March 25, 2022

The Great Antidote: James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew

March 18, 2022

The Great Antidote: Introducing The Great Antidote Podcast with Juliette Sellgren

February 25, 2022

AdamSmithWorks is delighted to introduce our new podcast, hosted by Juliette Sellgren.

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