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The IWP PodcastCOUNTERING TERRORISM: AN ECONOMIST'S PERSPECTIVEPodcast Show NotesGuest: Dr. Anne Bradley, Professor at the Institute of World Politics and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Fund For American StudiesIn this episode, Dr. Anne Bradley discusses her new monograph "The Political Economy of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the War on Terror." She shares her personal experiences studying terrorism and working in counterterrorism at the CIA, as well as her economic perspective on the causes, costs, and strategies for mitigating terrorism.Key Topics Discussed:- [00:00:24] Dr. Bradley's...2024-08-0837 min
The Great AntidoteAnne Bradley on the Political Economy of TerrorismSend us a textAnne Bradley is an economics professor at the Institute of World Politics and the Vice President of Academic Affairs at The Fund for American Studies. Today, we talk about the political economy of terrorism: what terrorism is, what makes a terrorist, and what the war on terror does to attempt to prevent terrorism. We talk about how economics is uniquely positioned to pose questions and find answers about this area usually dominated by those studying defense and international relations, and how the human element of economics informs her framing of the issue. 2024-06-1459 min
RealClearPolitics PodcastThe Strategy Behind Donald Trump’s Bronx Rally, Nikki Haley Says She's Voting for Trump, and Who Will Lead the Senate After Mitch McConnell Leaves?Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and White House correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss the strategy behind Donald Trump’s rally in the Bronx tonight and Nikki Haley’s statement yesterday that she would be voting for Trump. They also talk about new polls that show ticket splitting may be more common in 2024 than in previous elections and Florida Senator Rick Scott’s announcement that he will join the race for leadership of Senate Republicans after Mitch McConnell steps down. Next, they
discuss today’s report by the New York Times that Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing to relax restrictions on the use...2024-05-2443 min
Acton LineCronyism, Corporate Welfare and InequalityIn this episode of Acton Line, Dylan Pahman, executive editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality, and a research fellow here at Acton, interviews Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley about her lecture at Acton University on “Corporate Welfare and Inequality.” In this conversation, this discuss why the prices of some goods, like education and healthcare, risen at astronomical rates while others, such as video games, remain fairly unchanged in price despite monumental improvements in quality and steady inflation over the decades. Also, what happens when companies use government privilege to secure special favors that push would-be competitors out of...2023-08-0957 min
Q IdeasHope in a time of economic disruption – Anne Rathbone BradleyInflation. President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. A possible recession. The economy has been on the forefront on many people's minds. What should Christians be thinking about in regards to all these issues? Anne Rathbone Bradley, author, professor, and economist joins us to talk about these issues.2022-10-0127 min
THINQ Media PodcastEpisode 262 | Hope in a Time of Economic Disruption: Anne Rathbone Bradley2022-09-1521 min
Acton UnwindIs there a case for canceling student loan debt?This week, Eric Kohn, John Pinheiro, and Dylan Pahman discuss every angle of the executive order from President Joe Biden granting up to $20,000 of student-loan-debt forgiveness to qualifying individuals. Is there a solid legal case for doing this? Can one argue persuasively that transferring debts from those who incurred them to those who did not—namely, the American taxpayers—is in any way just? Does it make sense to take this action without addressing the deeper problems in the student loan and higher education system, which debt-relief advocates themselves portray as predatory? How do we address the cultural problems that...2022-08-2955 min
The Institute of World PoliticsEconomic Freedom: The Forgotten Weapon in the War on TerrorDr. Anne Rathbone Bradley discussed "Economic Freedom: The Forgotten Weapon in the War on Terror" at IWP's annual Chancellor's Council Meeting, which took place on October 27, 2021 at the Mayflower Hotel.
Dr. Bradley is an Adjunct Professor at IWP, and serves as the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and Academic Director at the Fund for American Studies. She formerly served as an Economic Analyst for the CIA’s Office of Terrorism Analysis.
At IWP, she teaches a course on Economics for Foreign Policy Makers (IWP 642/IWPO 642).
Learn more about joining the Chancellor's Council: https://www.iwp.edu/donate/ch...2021-11-0940 minActon LineAnne Bradley & Iain Murray on socialism and povertyIn this episode, we’re bringing you another conversation from our recent Poverty Cure Summit.The Poverty Cure Summit provided an opportunity for participants to listen to scholars, human service providers, and practitioners address the most critical issues we face today which can either exacerbate or alleviate poverty. These speakers discussed the legal, economic, social, and technological issues pertaining to both domestic and global poverty. Rooted in foundational principles of anthropology, politics, natural law, and economics, participants had the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the root causes of poverty and identify practical means to redu...2021-01-1349 minActon LinePhilippa Stroud & Anne Bradley on pandemic and povertyThis week we’re bringing you another conversation from our recent Poverty Cure Summit.The Poverty Cure Summit provided an opportunity for participants to listen to scholars, human service providers, and practitioners address the most critical issues we face today which can either exacerbate or alleviate poverty. These speakers discussed the legal, economic, social, and technological issues pertaining to both domestic and global poverty. Rooted in foundational principles of anthropology, politics, natural law, and economics, participants had the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the root causes of poverty and identify practical means to reduce it a...2020-12-1647 min
Faith and LawFor the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to PovertyWhile much progress has been made toward poverty alleviation, many well-intentioned efforts have led Christians to actions that are not only ineffective, but leave the most vulnerable in a worse situation than before. Is there a better answer? Combining biblical exegesis with proven economic principles, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty equips Christians with both a solid biblical and economic understanding of how best to care for the poor and foster sustainable economic development. With contributions from fourteen leading Christian economists, theologians, historians, and practitioners, For the Least of These presents the case for why...2020-09-1834 minActon LineDr. David Hebert on COVID-19 pandemic economicsThe onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 has brought with it enormous costs. These include, first and foremost, an enormous cost in the terms of human life, with more than 178,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States alone, and at least 814,000 deaths worldwide, as of late August 2020. But also, with the pandemic have come significant economic costs, fiscal costs, and personal costs to our happiness and quality of life.Why is living under quarantine so hard for people? In large part it’s because, prior to the pandemic, many people have enjoyed living under a...2020-08-2656 min
The Institute of World PoliticsAre we Becoming more Radical? The Rise of Democratic Socialism in AmericaAbout the lecture: Thirty years ago last fall we celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall. Many thought this represented the end of history–capitalism had won and socialism had been swept into the dustbin. Today, we see that a growing segment of the American population favors “democratic socialism” and we see American members of Congress who proudly claim this ideology. We will discuss how we have gotten here and why Democratic Socialism can’t work both on economic grounds and moral grounds.
About the speaker: Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and the...2020-05-281h 08
Liberty and LeadershipWhat is Democratic Socialism?Economist Dr. Anne Bradley joins us for a candid discussion on the definition, appeal and contradictions of democratic socialism and why it is never the answer (not even during a pandemic). Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is the George and Sally Mayer Fellow for Economic Education and the academic director at The Fund for American Studies.For more resources and information, visit TFAS.org.Support the show2020-04-0918 minActon LineWhat is cronyism? Samuel Gregg on reason and faith in Western civilizationCronyism is everywhere, affecting industries, entrepreneurs and customers and distorting the market through political advantage. So what is cronyism and how does it compromise genuine capitalism? Anne Rathbone Bradley, the current academic director at The Fund for American Studies, as well as the vice president of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work and Economics, comes onto the show to explain how cronyism affects the market and how to combat it. Afterwards, Acton's director of research, Samuel Gregg joins the show to talk about his new book, "Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization." Gregg lays out what...2019-08-2139 min
Free ThoughtsTyranny Comes Home (with Chris Coyne and Abigail Hall)Many Americans believe that foreign military intervention is central to protecting our domestic freedoms. But Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall urge engaged citizens to think again. Overseas, our government takes actions in the name of defense that would not be permissible within national borders. Emboldened by the relative weakness of governance abroad, the U.S. government is able to experiment with a broader range of social controls.How do military contractors benefit greatly from U.S. militarism? What is “the boomerang effect”? What is the relationship between domestic citizens and political institutions in the time of i...2019-07-2652 minActon LineHong Kong's freedom coming to an end? SCOTUS takes on regulatory stateLast week, nearly 2 million Hong Kong residents gathered to protest a newly proposed extradition bill. Helen Raleigh, senior writer at the Federalist, joins the show to explain the current extradition agreements held between Hong Kong and China, why so many in Hong Kong are angry about the bill and how the extradition bill, if passed, would threaten Hong Kong's rule of law. After that, Acton's Trey Dimsdale is joined by Anne Rathbone Bradley, affiliate scholar of economics at Acton, and Adam MacLeod, professor of law at Faulkner University. Together, they break down Kisor v. Wilkie, a case currently pending in...2019-06-2655 min
The Bill Walton ShowMarkets, Terrorism, and Flourishing with Dr. Anne Rathbone BradleyMy guest this week, Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley, the free market economist and moral philosopher, wants to sit down with Bernie Sanders over a cup of coffee to talk about how to achieve the goals he proclaims. There’s a right way and a wrong way, and he’s not going to get there the way he’s going. “We need to stop villainizing people based on ideology and I would say, ‘Hey, I agree with you, I don't want the poor to be poor and I don't want the rich to be able to exploit’ but the question is...2018-04-2439 minThe Bill Walton ShowMarkets, Terrorism, and Flourishing with Dr. Anne Rathbone BradleyMy guest this week, Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley, the free market economist and moral philosopher, wants to sit down with Bernie Sanders over a cup of coffee to talk about how to achieve the goals he proclaims. There’s a right way and a wrong way, and he’s not going to get there the way he’s going. “We need to stop villainizing people based on ideology and I would say, ‘Hey, I agree with you, I don't want the poor to be poor and I don't want the rich to be able to exploit’ but the question is...2018-04-2439 min
The Institute of World PoliticsEconomic Freedom as a Threat to Terrorism - Dr. Anne Rathbone BradleyDr. Anne Rathbone Bradley is an adjunct professor at IWP, where she teaches a course on Economics for Foreign Policy Makers.
She is the Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics, where she develops and commissions research toward a systematic biblical theology of economic freedom. She is a visiting professor at Georgetown University and has previously taught at George Mason University and at Charles University, Prague. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Bernard Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy. She served as the Associate Director for the Program in Economics, Politics...2018-01-2542 minActon LineRev. Ben Johnson on how sin taxes support terrorism; Upstream on sci-fi writer Jerry PournelleOn this episode of Radio Free Acton, Caroline Roberts talks with Fr. Ben Johnson, Senior Editor at the Acton Institute on the pitfalls of sin taxes. Then, on the Econ Quiz segment, Caroline speaks to Anne Rathbone Bradley, Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics and visiting professor at Georgetown University, about the impact of Amazon and whether or not it is a monopoly. On the Upstream segment, Caroline and Bruce Edward Walker talk about the life and work of the late science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. Hosted on Acast. See acast...2017-10-2530 min
Acton LineAnne Rathbone Bradley on eliminating poverty through economic freedomToday on Radio Free Acton, we talk with Anne Rathbone Bradley, Ph.D. She serves as Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work and Economics, and joins us to talk about the vital role that economic freedom plays in lifting people out of poverty. We also address some of the common clichés that are used to attack the market economy, and even take a short peek into the political economy of Al Qaeda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2017-03-1528 min