Abstract A game between software vendors, heterogeneous software users, and a hacker is introduced in which software vendors attempt to protect software users by releasing updates, i.e. disclosing a vulnerability, and the hacker is attempting to exploit vulnerabilities in the software package to attack the software users. The software users must determine whether the protection […]
Student Election Group Episode 5
As our mission statement says, “The Salem Center for Policy is dedicated to helping students and business leaders better understand the costs, benefits and consequences of policy decisions.” The weeks before a presidential election are when many Americans think most about policy, and discussions of the upcoming election often throw off more heat than light, […]
Bryan Caplan Interviews Chris Rufo
Bryan Caplan interviews Chris Rufo on his best-selling *America’s Cultural Revolution*. In this wide-ranging interview, Rufo tackles some tough questions, including: How bad were the founders of critical theory, really? How fake is Continental philosophy? What would Rufo had done if he’d had Freire’s job in Guinea-Bissau? Are fanatics evil? And, does he really hate […]
Ten Threats to Capitalism and the Rule of Law
A Policy@McCombs Event with Todd Zywicki. Todd Zywicki is George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law, Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, and former Executive Director of the GMU Law and Economics Center. In 2020-21 he served as the Chair of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau […]
Kenneth Judd Talks About Advancing Computation in Economics
Ken Judd, the Paul H. Bauer Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, is an expert in the economics of taxation, imperfect competition, and mathematical economics. His current research focuses on developing computational methods for economic modeling and applying them to tax policy, antitrust issues, macroeconomics, and policies related to climate change. During his virtual visit […]
The Culture & Education Wars, Choose Your Issues Ep 11
The Podcast of the Objectivism Program at the Salem Center in the University of Texas at Austin. Gregory Salmieri and others discuss issues of the day in light of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, individualism, and capitalism. Join us live in CBA 3.304
For Students
I took the signature course from the Salem Center my very first semester at UT, and they helped me not only to discover interests I didn’t know I had, but also to see the world for more than what is shown on the surface. Everything has trade-offs, and I have been a better critical thinker […]
Explaining IOSCO (with Paul Andrews)
Paul Andrews, outgoing Secretary General of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, joins us to discuss global coordination of financial market regulation, IOSCO’s role in promoting financial stability, and views on regulatory developments related to GameStop, SPACs, Ant Financial, and ESG disclosure.
Why Markets Should Stay Open
Dispelling the ostrich theory of market regulation Closing your eyes is a natural response to being scared. My kids do it during movies. And when I was a kid, I was taught that Ostriches do it when they sense danger. But the head-sand bury is a myth. [1] It is no more true than the […]
Casey Mulligan on Prices and Federal Policies in Opioid Markets
Casey B. Mulligan is an American economist and author. He is a Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. From 2018 to 2019 he served as the chief economist of the Council of Economic Advisors at The White House. Casey will join us to talk about his research on “Prices and Federal Policies in […]