Episode · EconTalk · 2025-01-13
Books mentioned on Will DOGE and Musk Make a Difference? (with Michael Munger)
Can Musk use DOGE to reduce the size and power of the bureaucracy and big government? Michael Munger of Duke University thinks not, but EconTalk's Russ Roberts isn't so sure.
Michael Munger recommended Free to Choose by Milton Friedman, and discussed The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Free to Choose
Free to Choose by Milton Friedman is a classic exposition of free-market economics and classical liberalism that argues for the supremacy of individual choice over government intervention.
Recommended“there's two things that we should be doing and we need to have a copy of maybe uh Milton Friedman's book free to choose and the US Constitution open to the page where the 10th Amendment is”
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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a classic Lost Generation novel chronicling the disillusionment, travels, and romantic entanglements of a group of American and British expatriates in Europe.
Discussed“I'm reminded of In The Sun Also Rises I think you've quoted this before Ernest Hemingway uh bill says how did you go bankrupt and Mike responds two ways gradually and then suddenly”
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