Mike welcomes back George Mason University economist Bryan Caplan to talk about his latest collection, Self Help is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better.

Topics Mike & Bryan discuss include:

- obese people and anti-vaxxers

- Bryan’s life of appeasement

- the value of betting on politics

- poverty and substance abuse

- reasons to spend more time in a bubble

- quality vs quantity in converts

Bryan’s Substack: Bet on It

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