Bryan Caplan - Labor Econ, Poverty, & Mental Illness

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 12, 2022

Duration

1h 3m

Channel

Dwarkesh Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

I interview the economist Bryan Caplan about his new book, Labor Econ Versus the World, and many other related topics. Podcast website + Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/bryan-caplan-2 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3AIeFYe Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cAI4vk Follow me on Twitter to be notified of future content: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Buy Bryan's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QF44HHG Timestamps: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:33 How many workers are useless, and why is labor force participation so low? 0:03:47 Is getting out of poverty harder than we think? 0:10:43 Are elites to blame for poverty? 0:14:56 Is human nature to blame for poverty? 0:19:11 Remote work and foreign wages 0:24:43 The future of the education system? 0:29:31 Do employers care about the difficulty of a curriculum? 0:33:13 Why do companies and colleges discriminate against Asians? 0:42:01 Applying Hanania's unitary actor model to mental health 0:50:38 Why are multinationals so effective? 0:53:37 Open borders and cultural norms 0:58:13 Is Tyler Cowen right about automation?

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dwarkesh Patel

  host

• Bryan Caplan

  guest

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Dwarkesh Patel and Bryan Caplan, Bryan Caplan - Labor Econ, Poverty, & Mental Illness explores bryan Caplan Challenges Poverty, Education, and Mental Illness Narratives Bryan Caplan discusses themes from his book *Labor Econ Versus the World*, arguing that labor markets generally work well, most people are productively employable, and many social problems stem from behavior and incentives rather than structural traps.

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