Liberty and Leadership
TFAS has reached 53,000 students and professionals through their academic programs, fellowships and seminars. Representing more than 140 countries, TFAS alumni are courageous leaders throughout the world – forging careers in politics, government, public policy, business, philanthropy, law and the media. Join TFAS President, Roger Ream, as he reconnects with these outstanding alumni to share experiences, swap career stories, and find out what makes their leadership journey unique. The Liberty and Leadership podcast is produced at Podville Media in Washington, D.C. If you have a comment or question for the show, please drop us an email at podcast@TFAS.org.
Liberty and Leadership
Don Boudreaux on the Foundations of Economics
Dr. Donald Boudreaux is an American economist, author and Senior Fellow of the F.A. Hayek Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Dr. Boudreaux is a senior scholar at TFAS where he teaches Economics for the Citizen for TFAS D.C. Summer Programs. He has authored several books including "Globalization," "Hypocrites and Half-Wits," and "The Essential Hayek." In addition to teaching at TFAS and Mason, he previously taught legal studies and economics at Clemson University, served as an Olin Visiting Fellow in Law and Economics at the Cornell Law School and was president of the Foundation for Economic Education. Dr. Boudreaux earned his Ph.D. in economics from Auburn University and J.D. from the University of Virginia.
In this week's Liberty + Leadership Podcast, Roger and Don discuss the basic foundations of economics, the public choice theory, how there are no solutions – only trade-offs – in economics, the comparative advantage of free trade, and why good journalism unfortunately makes bad economics.
The Liberty + Leadership Podcast is hosted by TFAS President Roger Ream and produced by kglobal. If you have a comment or question for the show, please drop us an email at podcast@TFAS.org.
