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July 29, 2025What Elon Got Wrong About DOGE: On State Capacity and Government Efficiency
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Book recommendations from this episode:
Bruno Leoni: Freedom and the Law
Sean McMeekin: To Overthrow the World - The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
1 hr 20 min
July 15, 2025Hope and the Long Game: Leadership in an Age of Urgency
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Book recommended in this episode:
Cleve Jones: When We Rise
Find Brent Colburn on LinkedIn.
53 min
July 01, 2025Unpacking Development in the World
The Bird, the Elephant, and the Future of Aid
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Sources mentioned in this episode:
Lant Pritchett: Development Happened. Did Aid Help?
Hans Rosling: Factfulness
Learn more about Lant Prichett's work on his website.
1 hr 13 min
June 10, 2025Start-up Politics: How Political Entrepreneurship Can Save (Liberal) Parties
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Book recommendations from this episode:
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson: Abundance
Marc J. Dunkelman: Why Nothing Works
Josef Lentsch: Political Entrepreneurship
** Learn more about Josef's work:**
Political Tech Summit
Partisan
1 hr 13 min
May 28, 2025 Freedom to Innovate: Rethinking Market Regulation
Can smarter rules fuel both economic growth and entrepreneurship?
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Book recommendation:
John Chisholm: Unleash Your Inner Company
1 hr 23 min
April 17, 2025 The Art of Authentic Leadership Communication
From Noise to Resonance
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Learn more about Pamela Hart's work and Release Your Voice.
Recommendations mentioned in this episode:
Book: Michelle Obama - Becoming
Book: Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine - Lifescripts: What to Say to Get What You Want in Life's Toughest Situations
TED Talk: Julian Treasuer: 5 ways to listen better
Podcast: Chad Littlefield, e.g. Speakernomics: Building Trust and Connection - Chad Littlefield's Secrets to Creating Conversations That Matter
Podcast: The Ezra Klein Show - Democrats are Losing the War for Attention. Badly. (Paid Episode)
1 hr 10 min
April 01, 2025Liberal Populism? The curious case of Javier Milei
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Readings mentioned in this episode:
CATO - Milei Has Deregulated Something Every Day
Princeton University - Federico Sturzenegger on Chainsaw and Deregulation: The First Year of Javier Milei's Presidency
Aaron Ross Powell, Grant Babcock - Arguments for Liberty
1 hr 8 min
March 19, 2025 The Power of Ideas: How Liberty Sparks Human Prosperity
A Conversation with Deirdre McCloskey
_Note: This episode of the podcast was recorded in October 2024, which is before the most recent election in the US took place.
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You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
1 hr 9 min
March 05, 2025Leading Beyond Crisis
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Books recommended in this episode:
Thomas Lahnthaler - Navigating Beyond Crisis
Tyson Yunkaporta - Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
1 hr 3 min
February 18, 2025 Preparing for the African Century
A Bold Vision for Africa’s Future
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Article mentioned in this episode:
How a Population of 4.2 Billion Could Impact Africa by 2100: The Possible Economic, Demographic, and Geopolitical Outcomes by Ibrahim B. Anoba
1 hr 15 min

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