As technology advances, the line between computers and life becomes thinner giving the Gwartney Institute an interesting topic that will keep evolving. 

With civil unrest growing in Chile due to inequality, the Gwartney team looks to the benefits of Chile's high economic freedom for answers. 

This episodes sheds new light on utilitarianism by bringing up the option for an organ lottery.  

The Gwartney Institute examines how New Years Resolutions affect different industries and shed a little light on their own resolutions. 

This week the Gwartney Institute tackles how regulations can cause a negative tax on the poor. 

From Jon Krakauer's autobiography of the 1996 disaster on Mount Everest to the modern day over-crowding at the summit, this episode uncovers the economics of how commercialization has changed the supply and demand in Nepal. 

In the summer of 2016, one of the most significant political events in the past 50 years occurred in the UK: the British public voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. The particulars of this decision are still being decided, so the Gwartney Institute team provides, in this episode, an explanation of what is going on and its economic impacts.

Hugh Whelchel of the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics joins us to discuss his book How Then Should We Work?

Guillermo Gonzales of Share Guatemala joins the crew for a discussion of the economy of Guatemala and the efforts of groups like Share Guatemala to reduce poverty.

We talk with Professor Victor Claar about his research on fair trade coffee, his faith, and economic policy.