The Free To Choose Media Podcast takes some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century and brings them right to your streaming device. Hear the ideas of Milto...
Episode 236 – Avoiding the Coming Generational Storm (Podcast)
Today’s podcast is titled “Avoiding the Coming Generational Storm.” Recorded in 2006, Dennis McCuistion, former Clinical Professor of Corporate Governance and Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas, continues his conversation with syndicated financial columnist Scott Burns, co-author of the book The Coming Generational Storm, and Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, about America’s fiscal challenges, particularly related to entitlement programs and government debt. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
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Episode 235 – “The Coming Generational Storm” (Podcast)
Today’s podcast is titled “The Coming Generational Storm.” Recorded in 2006, Dennis McCuistion, former Clinical Professor of Corporate Governance and Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas, syndicated financial columnist Scott Burns, co-author of the book The Coming Generational Storm, and Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, discuss America’s looming financial crisis due to unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
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Episode 234 – “Classical Liberalism” (Podcast)
Today’s podcast is titled “Classical Liberalism.” Recorded in 2024, Dennis McCuistion, former Clinical Professor of Corporate Governance and Executive Director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Dallas, and Richard Epstein, Tisch Professor of Law at NYU, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, discuss the historical origins of classical liberalism, what it means, and why it’s important to understand. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
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Episode 233 – Consumer Behavior (Podcast)
Today’s podcast is titled, “Consumer Behavior.” Recorded in 1995, Nobel laureates in Economics, Professor Ronald Coase (1991) and Professor Gary Becker (1992), both from the University of Chicago, discuss the strengths and limitations of utility theory in explaining consumer behavior and broader social phenomena. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
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Episode 232 – Preferences, Self-interest, and Subtle Choices (Podcast)
Today’s podcast is titled, “Preferences, Self-interest, and Subtle Choices.” Recorded in 1993, Nobel Prize winning economist Dr. Gary Becker and Aaron Wildavsky, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at UC Berkeley, discuss the ways in which preferences and self-interest influence our decisions. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
The Free To Choose Media Podcast takes some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century and brings them right to your streaming device. Hear the ideas of Milton Friedman, along with several other Nobel Laureates, as they conduct speeches and hold conversations about the very freedoms we are still fighting for today. Come back each week to see why these truly are not just ideas for our time, but ideas for all time.