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CSPI PodcastUnderstanding the Flows of History | Garett Jones & Richard HananiaGarett Jones is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The Culture Transplant. Richard asks whether IQ is superior to other measures used to predict prosperity, and the relationship between Garett’s new book and Hive Mind. He also presses the author on whether there is a selection effect in data showing that people preserve the traits of their original culture over time. The conversation then gets into issues of causal inference, namely whether we should focus more on American history or cross-national trends to inform ou...2023-01-021h 15
CSPI PodcastDo We Have Too Much Democracy? | Garett Jones & Richard HananiaGarett Jones is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is the author of 10% Less Democracy and Hive Mind. He joins the podcast to talk about his latest book arguing that some countries may have too much democracy. In the course of the discussion, Richard and Garett discuss experts and the Iraq War, judicial review, the Singapore model, the western response to COVID-19, and whether China can be considered a non-democratic success story.Sign up for CSPI’s Substack newsletter: https://cspi.substack.com.Follow CSPI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSPICenterOrg.Subscribe to ou...2021-04-261h 15