The Welcome to episode 49 of the Charles C. W. Cook podcast. This one with me, Charles C. W. Cook.

I've called this one the 49th episode because there've been 48 others before it.

The next one will be 50 and after that 51.

But then I may do something completely different.

I may channel some alternative methods of knowing and mix it up a bit.

Episode Hagricon or seasoned finounce or or you know.

So a quick programming note

to celebrate episode 50 next week I intend to have a gender reveal party. I think it's a boy, but I've deliberately not found

out. If it is a boy, the next episode will be in blue. If it's not a boy, it'll be in pink.

So please make sure to adjust your aft chronotron impulsor, or you won't get the full effect.

Tech support will be available on the day between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. except in Nebraska.

But note that we won't be able to help you

if you don't properly notate your

nanowave pulse signatures and if you're listening on a player with one of

the original anomalous dorsal shells you'll have to listen in black and white, sorry.

My guest this week is Russ Roberts, the president of Shalem College in Jerusalem,

and the host of the Econ Talk podcast. Russ, welcome to the Charles C. W. Cook podcast.

Great to be with you.

All right, well I want to talk about economics and classical liberalism,

but before we do, I must ask you about Israel, where you now live, obviously Israel has been in the news since October 7th.

You aren't from Israel.

So before we get to what life has been like since then, when did you move there and why?

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