Crossing Economic and Gender Divides with Deirdre McCloskey

On episode four our host, John Papola, speaks with author, academic, and historian Deirdre McCloskey. McCloskey describes herself as “a literary, quantitative, postmodern, free-market, progressive-Episcopalian, Midwestern woman from Boston who was once a man.” Needless to say, this is a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation! Papola and McCloskey unpack economics and philosophy from Deirdre’s unique, historical point of view — including what she’s learned about economic planning. Deirdre also shares the story behind her two great transformations: From Marxism to Classical Liberalism; and from male to female.  More from our guest: Personal Website Personal Twitter Official Twitter of Her Website Amazon Author Page References from this episode: Mutual Aid a Factor of Evolution by Prince Alekseevich Kropotkin The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis by Ludwig von Mises Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund, & Ola Rosling The Population Bomb by Paul R Ehrlich The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of living since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon If You’re So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise by Deirdre N. McCloskey Why Liberalism Works: How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All by Deirdre N. McCloskey The Bourgeois Virtues by Deirdre N. McCloskey Bourgeois Equality by Deirdre N. McCloskey Bourgeois Dignity by Deirdre N. McCloskey