Economist Bryan Caplan: Labor Econ vs The World

<p>Mike talks with Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a prolific and always interesting blogger for<a href="https://www.econlib.org/econlog/" rel="nofollow"> Econlog</a>. He&#39;s the author of multiple books, three of which Bryan and Mike have discussed on previous episodes: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Rational-Voter-Democracies-Policies/dp/0691138737/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1645032592&refinements=p_27%3ABryan+Caplan&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Bryan+Caplan" rel="nofollow"><em>The Myth of the Rational Voter</em></a> (<a href="https://politicsguys.com/bryan-caplan-interview/" rel="nofollow">interview</a>),<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Case-against-Education-System-Waste/dp/0691196451/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/132-3893478-8824025?pd_rd_i=0691196451&pd_rd_r=cb97f9fb-e6ba-43a7-927f-0a2a67e3fa36&pd_rd_w=Hw05I&pd_rd_wg=AORWn&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=RKBXP5A636WQD57M2ZMA&psc=1" rel="nofollow"> <em>The Case Against Education</em></a> (<a href="https://politicsguys.com/bryan-caplan-on-the-case-against-education/" rel="nofollow">interview</a>), and<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Open-Borders-Science-Ethics-Immigration/dp/1250316960/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/132-3893478-8824025?pd_rd_i=1250316960&pd_rd_r=56823ae4-d564-4c0f-b496-552aed9e5402&pd_rd_w=ZyZBg&pd_rd_wg=b0qNa&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=EF3SC6RTRBP0K4W9AF3A&psc=1" rel="nofollow"> <em>Open Borders</em></a> (<a href="https://politicsguys.com/economist-bryan-caplan-on-open-borders/" rel="nofollow">interview</a>). Today they discuss Bryan’s latest book<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Labor-Econ-Versus-World-Greatest/dp/B09QF44HHG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=bryan+caplan&qid=1645028169&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"> <em>Labor Econ vs The World: Essays on the World&#39;s Greatest Market</em></a><em>.  </em></p><p><strong>Topics Mike &amp; Bryan discuss include:</strong></p><ul><li>what labor economics is and why it stands against the world</li><li>if politicians are irrational and wrong or rational and deceptive</li><li>t