Self Help is Like a Vaccine

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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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 The Politics Guys on Facebook | X Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.2	Love the government, hug the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government, love the government, hug the government. Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy. I'm Northern Kentucky University political scientist Michael Baranowski. My guest today is George Mason University economist Brian Kaplan.
0:56.2	Brian's been on the show.
0:57.6	Ash, more times than I can even count at this point.
1:00.3	And, you know, while I don't always agree with him,
1:03.3	I do always find that what he has to say is worth considering
1:07.8	and invariably entertaining.
1:10.6	And today, Brian and I will be talking about his latest essay collection, Self-Help is Like a Vaccine.
1:17.3	Brian Kaplan, welcome back.
1:19.3	Fantastic to be here, Michael.
1:21.0	So, you know, you open up this latest collection and what I decided I will call the grand
1:26.9	Brian Kaplan tradition, which to me is
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