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| The Economics of Flourishing: On Agency | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:46:03 | |
About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing. About the Experts Dr. Clay Routledge is Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute.
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| The Economics of Flourishing: On Social Capital | 30 Oct 2024 | 00:29:07 | |
About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing. About the Experts Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project. Dr. Alicia Plemmons is an assistant professor in the Department of General Business at West Virginia University. Elizabeth McGuigan is a senior vice president at Philanthropy Roundtable.
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| True Progress: Polarization | Episode 1: Defining Division | 18 Mar 2024 | 00:27:01 | |
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About the Show True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions.
True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing. | |||
| Christmas and the Power of Nostalgia: A Holiday Cultural Convo | 21 Dec 2023 | 01:08:17 | |
Past Forward: How Nostalgia Can Help You Live a More Meaningful Life by Clay Routledge Nostalgia in America: The Power of Looking Back to Move Forward Nostalgia Can Be an Engine of Progress in Discourse Magazine by Clay Routledge Nostalgia is the greatest gift this holiday season in the Los Angeles Daily News by Clay Routledge | |||
| The State of Men: Profectus Cultural Convo #3 | 11 Aug 2023 | 01:11:11 | |
Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. by Christine Emba in The Washington Post Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V. Reeves Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men by Roy F. Baumeister | |||
| The Marriage Crisis with Kathryn Wilson | 28 Jul 2023 | 01:13:19 | |
Marriage Crisis Video 1: Introductions Marriage Crisis Video 2: Love is Unconditional, Relationships are Not Marriage Crisis Video 3: The Velcro of Marriage in a World of Insecure Attachment Marriage Crisis Video 4: The Loss of Inherited Wisdom in Marriage and Childrearing Richard Reeves' Latest book, Of Boys and Men The American Institute for Boys and Men (Substack) Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. by Christine Emba in The Washington Post. Profectus Podcast with Angela Rachidi on Family Affordability Follow us on Twitter @Kathryn95620927, @clayroutledge, and @bgwilterdink | |||
| The American Dream, Jury Duty, and Barbie: Profectus Cultural Convo #2 | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:51:03 | |
AEI Event: Family Affordability in America: A Story of Decline or Achievement? The American Dream is Not Dead by Michael Strain Alienated America by Tim Carney The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen Security Can’t Substitute for Development in Profectus Magazine Meeting the Challenge of Mental Decline in the Age of Material Abundance in Profectus Magazine | |||
| Changing Narratives on Family Affordability with Angela Rachidi | 09 May 2023 | 01:02:08 | |
Discussion Links: The Evidence on Family Affordability by Dr. Angela Rachidi National Marriage Project & AEI Present Richard Reeves and Ian Rowe: A Debate On Fatherhood The real story behind America's population bomb: Adults want their independence Wild Problems by Russ Roberts and Profectus Magazine's Review Follow Dr. Angela Rachidi on Twitter @AngelaRachidi | |||
| Purpose, Phones, and Tetris: Profectus Cultural Convo #1 | 13 Apr 2023 | 01:03:10 | |
Show Notes: Get Serious: About Purpose by Katherine Boyle, The Free Press The Joy of Losing Your Phone by Clare Coffey, The New Atlantis Follow Us on Twitter @ProfectusM Ben Wilterdink @bgwilterdink Clay Routledge @clayroutledge Kali Christianson @kal_louise | |||
| The Truth About Success with Ian Rowe | 04 Apr 2023 | 00:52:40 | |
Discussion Links Follow Ian on Twitter @IanVRowe | |||
| Beginning with the Deed with Michael Gibson | 23 Mar 2023 | 00:52:57 | |
Discussion Links Michael's Book, Paper Belt on Fire , How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University Follow Michael on Twitter @William_Blake
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| Reviving a Politics of Hope, Aspiration, and Optimism with John Tillman | 09 Mar 2023 | 00:59:27 | |
| The Economics of Flourishing: On Education and Early Childhood | 27 Sep 2024 | 00:29:45 | |
About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing. About the Experts Dr. Katharine Stevens is the founder and president of the Center on Child and Family Policy. Dr. Preston Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his work focuses on higher education policy and reform. Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project.
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| American Higher Education: Failures, Reforms, and Alternatives with Praj Kulkarni and Will Krumholz | 30 Mar 2022 | 01:00:49 | |
Discussion Links: Breaking Out of the College Box (Profectus Mag) The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan More about the Archbridge Institute Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArchbridgeInst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Archbridge | |||
| Criticize by Creating with Magatte Wade - Profectus | 16 Mar 2022 | 01:04:57 | |
| The Power of Play with Lenore Skenazy- Profectus | 02 Mar 2022 | 01:04:01 | |
Discussion Links: The Fragile Generation (Reason) Want Kids to Succeed? Future-Proof ’Em (Profectus Mag) Why Are Millennials Wary of Freedom? (The New York Times) Security Can't Substitute for Development (Profectus Mag) Follow Lenore on Twitter @FreeRangeKids Follow us on Twitter @ProfectusM | |||
| A Deep Dive on State and Local Economic Development with John Mozena | 02 Feb 2022 | 00:59:27 | |
John is Co-founder and President of the Center for Economic Accountability, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan educational and advocacy organization working to educate Americans on the harmful and wasteful nature of economic development subsidies. Prior to starting the CEA, John was Vice President for Marketing and Communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan’s free-market public policy think tank. Before working in public policy, John spent two decades in private-sector agency and corporate roles where his clients often included economic development entities and programs.
Discussion Links: Center for Economic Accountability Economic Development Incentives: Fostering Productive or Unproductive Entrepreneurship Evaluating State and Local Business Incentives Making Sense of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives to Promote Prosperity Follow the CEA on Twitter @AccountableEcon Follow John on Twitter @johnmoz
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| The Ins and Outs of Doing Business in North America with Ross Emmett and Mason Hunt | 19 Jan 2022 | 01:08:36 | |
Ross Emmett is the director of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty and a Professor of pollical economy at Arizona State University. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Professor Emmett was a member of the faculty at James Madison College at Michigan State University. Mason Hunt is the Project Coordinator with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. Prior to joining the Center, Mason worked for a non profit membership association of state legislators in Washington, DC. Together Professor Emmett and Mason work to produce the Doing Business North America Index.
Discussion Links: Doing Business North America Index
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| Fines, Fees, and the Criminalization of Poverty with Priya Sarathy Jones | 05 Jan 2022 | 01:03:29 | |
Discussion Links: Learn more about the Fines and Fees Justice Center Follow Priya on Twitter @PSARATHYJONES
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| Connecting Economic Freedom and Economic Mobility with Vincent Geloso and Justin Callais | 22 Dec 2021 | 01:08:59 | |
Discussion Links: Economic Freedom Promotes Upward Income Mobility, Fraser Institute Robust Political Economy by Mark Pennington Economic Freedom and Resilience: New Evidence from the 1918 Pandemic Intergenerational Income Mobility and Economic Freedom as Positive Liberty The Changing Face of Social Breakdown by Yuval Levin Follow Vincent on Twitter @VincentGeloso Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinTCallais
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| Economic Mobility Trends in the United States: An Interview with Scott Winship | 08 Dec 2021 | 00:45:54 | |
First paper in the State-of-the-Art Primer series Second paper in the State-of-the-Art Primer series Follow Scott on Twitter @swinshi
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| Fighting Poverty Beyond Public Policy with James Whitford | 22 Sep 2021 | 01:05:04 | |
Discussion Links: Watered Gardens Ministries: https://wateredgardens.org/ True Charity: https://www.truecharity.us/ Toxic Charity Book: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Charity-Church-Hurts-Reverse-ebook/dp/B004X2JGSI Life Deck Mentorship Guide: http://lifedeck.us/ Follow James on Twitter @james_whitford
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| Asking Americans About the American Dream with Gonzalo Schwarz | 08 Sep 2021 | 01:07:19 | |
Discussion Links: American Dream 2021 Snapshot: How Americans view the American Dream and Economic Mobility The American Dream as the Vision Statement for the United States All In With the American Dream See more from Gonzalo Schwarz: https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/author/gonzalo/ Follow Gonzalo on Twitter @gonzaloschwarz
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| The Economics of Flourishing: On Institutions and the Rule of Law | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:29:40 | |
About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
About the Experts Dr. Vincent Geloso is an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University. As an economic historian, he specializes in the historical measurement of living standards and inequality, public economics, and political economy. Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project. Vittorio Nastasi is the director of criminal justice policy at Reason Foundation.
Resources Social Mobility in the 50 States Intergenerational Mobility, Social Capital, and Economic Freedom Economic Mobility, the Rule of Law, and Property Rights Protection | |||
| Work, Training, and Opportunity with Mason Bishop | 25 Aug 2021 | 01:09:12 | |
Discussion Links: Utah Department of Workforce Services: A system integration model The Biden skills agenda: It needs work Landscape study of federal employment and training programs Employment and job-training reform: A framework for policy and practice Reform this Workforce Law & Bring On State Policy Entrepreneurs Skill Formation and the Minimum Wage A Warning Sign for UBI? Unemployment Benefits Discourage Employment Email Mason at mason@workedconsulting.com
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| The Big Divides: Education and Marriage with Kay Hymowitz | 11 Aug 2021 | 00:58:40 | |
Discussion Links: Kay’s latest article on CityJournal An interview on the devaluation of higher education with Kay Hymowitz Kay’s testimony to the Joint Economic Committee Dr. James Heckman talks economic mobility and what can be learned from Denmark on Econtalk Full Study, Lessons for Americans from Denmark about inequality and social mobility Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren on Neighborhood Effects Burning Glass study on credential inflation Institute for Family Studies: Better-Educated Women Still Prefer Higher-Earning Husbands Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game Scott Winship on Disability Insurance and Labor Force Participation Kay Hymowitz on why the new child tax credit won’t live up to the hype Follow Kay on Twitter @KayHymowitz
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| Entrepreneurship and the Right to Start with Victor Hwang | 28 Jul 2021 | 01:00:38 | |
Discussion Links: The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley Right to Start Field Guide for Policymakers Follow Victor on Twitter @rainforestbook
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| Forging a Holistic Perspective on Opportunity with Joe Coletti | 14 Jul 2021 | 01:02:34 | |
Discussion Links: Thriving in North Carolina: Justice, Opportunity, and Barriers to Economic Mobility Up Together Organization (Formerly the Family Independence Initiative) America Must Divorce Dignity From Work Virtual Event on Thriving In North Carolina: Justice, Opportunity, and Barriers To Economic Mobility Follow Joe on Twitter @JoeColetti Learn more about the Archbridge Institute: Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArchbridgeInst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Archbridge Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/newsletter-signup/ | |||
| Lifting Regulatory Barriers to Entrepreneurship | 07 Jul 2021 | 01:00:16 | |
Discussion Links: Entrepreneurs and Regulations: Removing State and Local Barriers to New Businesses What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism? Too Much License? A Closer Look at Occupational Licensing and Economic Mobility Skill Formation and the Minimum Wage Follow Chris on Twitter @CatoEdwards
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| In the Weeds on Poverty and Social Mobility w/ Scott Winship | 26 May 2021 | 01:20:35 | |
Economic Mobility in America, A Primer: Contemporary Levels of Social Mobility in the United States Economic Mobility in America, A Primer Part 2: The United States in Comparative Perspective What We Do Together: The State of Associational Life in America Follow Scott on Twitter @swinshi
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| Business History and Timeless Lessons - with Gary Hoover | 12 Mar 2021 | 01:14:51 | |
Discussion Links: American Business History Center
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| Eliminating Welfare Marriage Penalties - with Willis Krumholz | 24 Feb 2021 | 01:05:55 | |
Discussion Links: Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First Previous Podcast on Licensing with Ed Timmon
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| The Housing Crisis and How to Solve It - with Emily Hamilton | 17 Feb 2021 | 01:02:06 | |
Discussion Links: Zoned Out: How School and Residential Zoning Limit Educational Opportunity Emily Hamilton's Page at the Mercatus Center Follow Emily Hamiltion on Twitter
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| Ludicrous Licensing - with Ed Timmons | 10 Feb 2021 | 00:59:41 | |
Discussion Links: Obama White House Occupational Licensing Research Inverted Pyramid of Consumer Protection Too Much License Report – Archbridge Institute Trump Administration Executive Order on Occupational Licensing Deregulate the Lawyers – Brookings Institution Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation Occupational Licensing - Institute for Justice Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArchbridgeInst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Archbridge Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/newsletter-signup/ | |||
| The Economics of Flourishing: On Entrepreneurship and Business Dynamism | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:43:50 | |
About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
About the Experts Dr. Justin Callais is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project. Dr. Ufuk Akcigit is the Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and one of the world’s leading experts on business dynamism. He recently partnered with Intuit Quickbooks to develop a Small Business Index. Dr. Noah Trudeau is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and an assistant professor of data analytics at Troy University. He is a co-author of the institute's annual State Occupational Licensing Index.
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| Meaning, Motivation, and Mobility - with Clay Routledge | 03 Feb 2021 | 01:30:12 | |
Discussion Links: Why Meaning Matters for Freedom and Flourishing How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First Raj Chetty on Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis Series Paul Vanderklay YouTube Channel Clay's Talk at the Cato Institute The Denigration of Personal Agency as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArchbridgeInst Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Archbridge Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/newsletter-signup/ | |||
| The American Dream, Economic Mobility, and Everything in Between - with Gonzalo Schwarz | 27 Jan 2021 | 01:07:49 | |
Discussion Links: All in with the American Dream Raj Chetty Fading American Dream Scott Winship’s Primer on Economic Mobility in America Remote Learning Is a Catastrophe. Teachers Unions Share the Blame. COVID-19 Is Disrupting the Future of Higher Education The Importance of Structural Factors in Understanding Economic Mobility Do Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility Have a Lot in Common? Not Really Megan McArdle on Economic Mobility in Utah On Natural and Artificial Barriers to Mobility Why Meaning Matters For Freedom And Flourishing Ian Rowe - Incentivize individual agency to achieve upward mobility The Denigration of Personal Agency as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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| The Parent Revolution with Corey DeAngelis | 25 Jun 2024 | 01:04:10 | |
Corey's book: The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools Follow Corey on X, formerly Twitter, @DeAngelisCorey | |||
| The Economics of Flourishing: Justin Callais on Social Mobility in the 50 States | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:41:45 | |
Episode Notes About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
About the Experts Dr. Justin Callais is the chief economist at the Archbridge Institute and the lead researcher for the institute's Social Mobility in the 50 States project.
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| The Economics of Flourishing: James Heckman & Rasmus Landerso on Skills Development | 22 Apr 2024 | 01:13:32 | |
About the Series At the Archbridge Institute, we define the "economics of flourishing" as the study of how markets, people, organizations, and institutions support the economic foundations of social mobility and human flourishing.
About the Experts Dr. James Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago since 1973. He is the Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development and also a Senior Fellow with the Archbridge Institute. He has devoted his professional life to understanding the origins of major social and economic problems related to inequality, social mobility, discrimination, skill formation and regulation, and to devising and evaluating alternative strategies for addressing those problems. In 2000, Dr. Heckman won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his "for his development of theory and methods used in the analysis of individual or household behavior." Dr. Rasmus Landersø is a Research Professor at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit in Denmark, where he studies labor economics, the economics of education, the economics of crime, and applied microeconometrics. His work covers both studies of intergenerational mobility, welfare policies and the role of the public sector, inequality, skill formation, and spillovers in criminal behavior.
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| True Progress: Polarization | Episode 3: Finding Solutions | 18 Mar 2024 | 00:37:41 | |
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About the Show True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions.
True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing. | |||
| True Progress: Polarization | Episode 2: Fracturing Society | 18 Mar 2024 | 00:33:36 | |
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About the Show True Progress is a podcast documentary dedicated to investigating the forces that can move our society forward. Our first installment focuses on one of the biggest and most harmful barriers to progress today: polarization. Polarization is something we’ve all heard about and possibly even felt in our everyday relationships. With another presidential election on the horizon and polls showing America’s widening divides, it’s time to take a serious look at how our society became fractured and what we can do, as individuals and collectively, to heal. In conversations with experts, True Progress explores the causes of polarization, its effects on our society, and pathways to solutions.
True Progress: Polarization is presented by Profectus Magazine. It is a product of the Archbridge Institute—a non-partisan, independent, 501(c)(3) public policy think tank—whose mission is to lift barriers to human flourishing. | |||