Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Father Robert Sirico, co-founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, to discuss his new book, The Economics of the Parables. They discuss the enduring financial truths of the parables, whether Jesus intended the parables to have an economic message, and why they prefer the King James Version even though they’re both Catholic.

Get the book here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684512423/the-economics-of-the-parables/

Show Notes:

Acton Line (AUDIO): “The Economics of the Parables”
 https://www.acton.org/audio/economics-parables

 Law & Liberty: Clara Piano – “Economics as an Antidote to Envy”
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/economics-as-an-antidote-to-envy/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nathan Lewis of the Discovery Institute to discuss his new book with Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It. They discuss how we’ve gotten into the inflationary predicament we’re in, what remedies are available to decrease inflation, and why we should ignore calls to pursue heedless money-printing economic policies like Modern Monetary Theory.

Get the book here: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/inflation/

Show Notes:

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: How to Fix Inflation (VIDEO)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJuItmnRr14

National Review: George Leef – “The Book to Read If You Want to Understand Inflation”
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-book-to-read-if-you-want-to-understand-inflation/

The Spectator (U.S.): Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, & Elizabeth Ames – “The moral cost of inflation”
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/the-moral-cost-of-inflation/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Bruce Gilley, professor of political science at Portland State University and member of the board of the National Association of Scholars, to discuss his new book, The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire. They discuss Burns’ important role at the United Nations, his many appointments in different British colonies, his views on the benefits of British imperialism, and Gilley’s view that decolonization was incredibly mismanaged and executed far too hastily.

Get the book here:  https://www.regnery.com/9781684512171/the-last-imperialist/

Show Notes:

The Caravan Notebook: Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism in the Middle East”
https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/gilley_webreadypdf.pdf

Claremont Review of Books: Helen Andrews – “Rule, Britannia!”
https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/rule-britannia/

The New Criterion: Barnaby Crowcroft – “Good faith impugned”
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/4/good-faith-impugned

Third World Quarterly: Bruce Gilley – “The Case for Colonialism”
https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/the_case_for_colonialism/pdf

Wall Street Journal: Bruce Gilley – “The Cancel Mob Comes Back for More”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cancel-mob-comes-back-for-more-11602091733

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Daniel J. Mahoney, professor emeritus at Assumption University and a senior fellow with the RealClear Foundation, to discuss his new book, The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation. They discuss a number of statesmen who struggled to preserve freedom in times of crisis, what qualities make a great statesman and what defines statesmanship, how the study of it has fallen on hard times, and how we can revive it.

Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-statesman-as-thinker/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Matthew Hennessey of the Wall Street Journal to discuss his new book, Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. They discuss why a new book explaining the beauty of the free market to people who normally blanche at all things economics was needed, detour into some Jersey inside baseball, and chat about a very valuable life lesson Hennessey learned in middle school from his science teacher.

Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/visible-hand/

Show Notes:

Forbes: John Tamny – “Book Review: Matthew Hennessey’s Very Enjoyable ‘Visible Hand’”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2022/03/02/book-review-matthew-hennesseys-very-enjoyable-visible-hand/?sh=71fbcf677048

Law & Liberty: Alexander William Salter – “Economics for Everyone”
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/economics-for-everyone/

Wall Street Journal: Matthew Hennessey – “An Economics Lesson From a Science Teacher”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-econ-lesson-from-a-science-teacher-choices-trade-offs-capitalism-economics-high-school-parenting-11650917230

Washington Free Beacon: Dominic Pino – “The Proof Is All Around Us”
https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-proof-is-all-around-us/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Donald L. Drakeman, Distinguished Research Professor in the Program on Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame, to discuss his new book, The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory: Why We Need the Framers. They discuss how judges have historically tried to identify the will of the lawmaker in interpreting legal texts, how constitutional theory has drifted from this practice in both originalist and living constitutionalist interpretational theories, and why we need a return to the search for the Framers’ intentions.

Get the book here:  https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/jurisprudence/hollow-core-constitutional-theory-why-we-need-framers?format=PB

Show Notes:

City Journal: Stone Washington – “The New Old Originalism?”

Claremont Review of Books: Hadley Arkes – “Originalism is Not Enough”

The Federalist Society: “Original Meaning or Framers' Intent? A New Book and an Age-Old Debate” (VIDEO)

Federalist Society Review: Stephen B. Presser – “Should the ‘Hollow Core’ of Constitutional Theory Be Filled with the Framers’ Intentions?”

Law & Liberty: Adam J. MacLeod – “The Problem-Solving Framers”

Law & Liberty: “Why the Framers’ Intentions Matter” (AUDIO)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Steven F. Hayward of UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies to discuss his new book, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom. They discuss how Evans was an unsung hero and key figure in the modern conservative movement, indeed the “perfect conservative,” and talk about his unique, charming personality and his impressive life’s work as a journalist, thinker, and political activist.

Get the book here:  https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/m-stanton-evans/

Show Notes:

American Enterprise Institute: M. Stanton Evans, apostle of freedom: A book event with Steven F. Hayward (VIDEO)

https://www.aei.org/events/m-stanton-evans-apostle-of-freedom-a-book-event-with-steven-f-hayward/

The Imaginative Conservative: Chuck Chalberg – “M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom”

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2022/04/m-stanton-evans-conservative-wit-apostle-freedom-steven-hayward-chuck-chalberg.html

Law & Liberty: Richard M. Reinsch II – “The Forgotten Conservative”

https://lawliberty.org/book-review/the-forgotten-conservative/

National Review: Lee Edwards – “Conservatism’s Unsung Hero”

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/04/04/conservatisms-unsung-hero/

Washington Free Beacon: Terry Eastland – “Right and Writer”

https://freebeacon.com/politics/right-and-writer/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute and the Washington Free Beacon to discuss his new book, The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism. They discuss American conservatism’s evolution from the Progressive era through the present, the tensions between conservatism and right-wing populism, and where conservatism is headed in the future.

Get the book here:  https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/matthew-continetti/the-right/9781541600522/

Show Notes:

American Enterprise Institute: “The 100-year war for American conservatism: A book event with Matthew Continetti, Yuval Levin, and Paul Ryan” (VIDEO)

City Journal: Theodore Kupfer – “The Right’s Forever War”

Commentary: Matthew Continetti – “Is There a Right Left?”

C-SPAN: “Q&A with Matthew Continetti” (VIDEO)

The Daily Beast: Matt Lewis – “What We Keep Getting Wrong About the Right”

Law & Liberty: George Hawley – “Surveying the American Right”

National Review: Matthew Continetti – “How the Right Misunderstands Its History”

National Review: Ben Sasse – “Reminding the Right”

The New York Times: Jonathan Rauch – “The Strange History of American Conservatism”

The Spectator World: Matthew Continetti – “Revenge of the populists”

The Wall Street Journal: Matthew Continetti – “The Return of the Old American Right”

The Wall Street Journal: Barton Swaim – “Grumbles Left and Right: Two Books on the Past and Future of Conservatism”

The Washington Post: Carlos Lozada – “How insiders and true believers frame political history”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by historian Christopher H. Owen to discuss his new book, Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall. They chat about Kendall’s brilliance as a teacher and writer, his importance to William F. Buckley, Jr., National Review, the nascent conservative movement of the 1950’s as a whole, and what lessons we can learn from Kendall’s political philosophy and works.

Get the book here:  https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793624444/Heaven-Can-Indeed-Fall-The-Life-of-Willmoore-Kendall

Show Notes:

The American Conservative: Emile Doak – “The Right’s Philandering Sooner”

The Imaginative Conservative: Donald Devine – “The Brilliant Enigma That Was Willmoore Kendall”

The Imaginative Conservative: Tom Pauken – “A Willmoore Kendall Moment”

National Review: Matthew Continetti – “Willmoore Kendall and the Intellectual Roots of the Populist Right”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Benjamin H. Barton of the University of Tennessee College of Law to discuss his new book, The Credentialed Court: Inside the Cloistered, Elite World of American Justice. They chat about how different today’s Justices are from their predecessors, how they spend most of their adult lives in elite and cloistered institutions, how the Court lacks individuals who reflect differing kinds of professional and personal merit, and what can be done to return Justices to the Court with a wider range of legal and political experience.

Get the book here: www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-cre…tialed-court/

Show Notes:

C-SPAN: “Q&A – Benjamin Barton” (VIDEO)

The Hub: Sean Speer – “Is ‘meritocracy’ most important?—Benjamin H. Barton on how a narrow set of American elites dominates the Supreme Court”

Law & Liberty: Mark Pulliam – “Ivy League Justice”

Law & Liberty: Glenn Harlan Reynolds – “The Age of the Judicial Thoroughbred”

National Review: Dan McLaughlin – “How the Supreme Court Became the Province of Cloistered Elites”

The Spectator World: Benjamin H. Barton – “How the Supreme Court lost its real diversity”