Holistic Survival Show

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 48, originally published in April 2011. Jason Hartman and economist and best-selling author, John Lott, discuss Lott’s book, “Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t.” In his book, Lott answers many common economic questions, such as are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer, and is everyone, from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman, really looking to make a buck at your expense. He bravely confronts the profound distrust of the market. Lott shows how free markets liberate the best, most creative, and most generous aspects of our society, while efforts to constrain economic liberty, no matter how well intentioned, invariably lead to increased poverty and injustice. John R. Lott, Jr. has held positions at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988 and 1989. Lott has published over 90 ar