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Phil Magness returns to the podcast to discuss the life and work of James Buchanan and to defend him against some of the more bizarre criticisms levied against him.

James Buchanan was a Chicago-school economist who created the field of public choice economics along with Gordon Tullock. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1986.

Buchanan has received criticism recently from Duke historian Nancy MacLean, whose book Democracy in Chains places Buchanan at the center of a grand right-wing conspiracy to maintain segregation and undermine democratic institutions. Phil shows that the theory of Buchanan as a segregationist falls apart under scrutiny. It all stems from a typo in a footnote that erroneously placed Buchanan’s article on school choice in a segregationist newspaper (the Richmond News-Leader) when in fact the article was published in the competing (and not segregationist) Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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This week’s episode is a little different. There’s an ongoing controversy related to a two–time guest of this show, Robin Hanson. I talk through the scandal, giving a whole decade of background so you can understand where this scandal comes from.

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There are many links for this episode. Here they are in the order they are discussed:

Robin Hanson’s books, The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Brain.

“Unequal Beauty Silence” October 19, 2009

“Pretty Smart Healthy Privilege” September 26, 2014

“Inequality Talk Is About Grabbing” August 7, 2013

“Two Types of Envy” April 26, 2018

“Redistribution” means “change the distribution”. A great many who have commented can’t imagine any policy options to change the distribution of sex access other than rape and slavery, and so accuse me of advocating such things. But a great many other policy options exist.

? Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) April 28, 2018

“it’s not hard to come away with the impression that [Hanson] believes men are owed sex, that women are devious about it, & that rape is a subject that can be toyed with lightly as an intellectual exercise.” None of which I’ve said, & all of which I deny. https://t.co/Lp6alX6aWr

? Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) April 30, 2018

Calls me hypocritical because, while I don’t support income redistribution, I ask why others who do don’t support sex redistribution. Because I mention promoting monogamy, I’m “a disquieting example of how what we might call hyper-misogyny.” https://t.co/oz3m9LTUsV

? Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) May 1, 2018

“Why Economics Is, And Should Be, Creepy” May 2, 2018

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This week’s episode is a little different. There’s an ongoing controversy related to a two–time guest of this show, Robin Hanson. I talk through the scandal, giving a whole decade of background so you can understand where this scandal comes from.

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There are many links for this episode. Here they are in the order they are discussed:

Robin Hanson’s books, The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Brain.

“Unequal Beauty Silence” October 19, 2009

“Pretty Smart Healthy Privilege” September 26, 2014

“Inequality Talk Is About Grabbing” August 7, 2013

“Two Types of Envy” April 26, 2018

“Redistribution” means “change the distribution”. A great many who have commented can’t imagine any policy options to change the distribution of sex access other than rape and slavery, and so accuse me of advocating such things. But a great many other policy options exist.

? Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) April 28, 2018

“it’s not hard to come away with the impression that [Hanson] believes men are owed sex, that women are devious about it, & that rape is a subject that can be toyed with lightly as an intellectual exercise.” None of which I’ve said, & all of which I deny. https://t.co/Lp6alX6aWr

? Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) April 30, 2018

Calls me hypocritical because, while I don’t support income redistribution, I ask why others who do don’t support sex redistribution. Because I mention promoting monogamy, I’m “a disquieting example of how what we might call hyper-misogyny.” https://t.co/oz3m9LTUsV

? Robin Hanson (@robinhanson) May 1, 2018

“Why Economics Is, And Should Be, Creepy” May 2, 2018

Download this episode.

Subscribe to Economics Detective Radio on iTunes, Android, or Stitcher.

The post We Didn’t Start the Flame War appeared first on The Economics Detective.