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February 9, 2007 P.J. O’Rourke “On the Wealth of Nations” P. J. O’Rourke
February 13, 2014 P.J. O’Rourke “Talkin’ ’Bout His Generation” P. J. O’Rourke
October 29, 1998 P.J.’s Economics 101 Open House with P.J. O'Rourke P. J. O’Rourke
June 5, 2020 Pandemic, Prejudice & Protests T.R.M. Howard and a Better Urban America Graham H. Walker, David T. Beito
November 13, 2003 PATRIOT Acts: I & II The New Assault on Liberty? Ivan Eland, David Cole, Margaret Russell, James Bovard
May 24, 2000 Pearl Harbor Official Lies in an American War Tragedy? Robert B. Stinnett
November 19, 2020 Post-Election 2020: What and Who to Expect? Graham H. Walker, William J. Watkins, Jr., Mary L. G. Theroux
May 15, 2020 Precaution Can Kill Chemical Benefits and Regulatory Risk Graham H. Walker, Ryan M. Yonk
June 25, 2003 Preemptive War Strategy A New U.S. Empire? Joel S. Beinin, Edward A. Olsen, Ivan Eland
September 28, 2006 Private Solutions for Reducing Road Congestion, Fuel Costs, Travel Time, and Waste Based on the new book, STREET SMART: Competition, Entrepreneurship and the Future of Roads Daniel B. Klein, Gabriel Roth, Alexander T. Tabarrok
February 3, 1999 Private Solutions for the Social Security Crisis Alan J. Auerbach, Preston Martin, Michael Tanner
March 7, 2000 Pro Team Sports Are Politics and Corruption Winning? Roger G. Noll, Rodney Fort
October 26, 2000 Public Health vs. The Nanny State? Jacob Sullum, Thomas J. DiLorenzo
February 24, 2021 Race & Liberty in America Thomas Jefferson, James Forten, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Walter Williams, Shelby Steele . . . Graham H. Walker, Williamson M. Evers, William J. Watkins, Jr.
June 19, 2020 Race and Liberty in America Riots Today vs. the 1960s Graham H. Walker, Jonathan J. Bean
March 28, 2021 Race and Liberty in America: Shelby Steele Interview "What Killed Michael Brown? Graham H. Walker, Shelby Steele
April 21, 2021 Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education Graham H. Walker, James Tooley
February 24, 1994 Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise George F. Gilder
October 8, 1986 Reception to Honor Peter T. Bauer Peter T. Bauer, M. Bruce Johnson, A. Neil McLeod, David J. Theroux, Gordon Tullock
October 4, 2012 Replacing Obamacare and Curing the Healthcare Crisis John C. Goodman
February 9, 2012 Restoring First Principles The Economy, Bailouts, and the Right to Bear Arms Vern P. McKinley, Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald J. Boudreaux
May 1, 2006 Robert Higgs Czech Lectures Robert Higgs
February 2, 2000 Saving the Environment Government, Friend or Foe? Peter W. Huber, Michael L. de Alessi
June 24, 2020 SCOTUS Is Not the Place for Social Activism Graham H. Walker, William J. Watkins, Jr.
October 23, 2002 Secrecy, Freedom and Empire Lessons for Today from Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers E. Daniel Ellsberg, Barton J. Bernstein, Edwin B. Firmage, David R. Henderson, J. Victor Marshall
May 6, 1996 Simple Rules for Open Markets Richard A. Epstein
October 3, 2001 Smarter Urban Growth Markets or Bureaucracy? Daniel B. Klein, Randal O’Toole
February 20, 2003 Solving America’s Public School Crisis Peter Brimelow, John D. Merrifield
December 3, 1996 Stopping Violent Crime New Directions for Reduction and Prevention Arthur R. Miller, Bruce L. Benson, Erika Holzer, Wendy Kaminer, William I. Koch, Alan J. Lizotte, David B. Sentelle, Richard L. Thornburgh, Hubert Williams, Marvin E. Wolfgang
April 29, 2020 Suspend California AB-5 Graham H. Walker

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