In the late 1980s, philosopher George Walsh gave this six-hour course on Judaism and Christianity. With his characteristic erudition and humor, he covers the history and ideas of these two uber-influential religions. How did the most influential religion of all time spring out of the faith of a weak people on the periphery of the […]
Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World’s Greatest Market
Check out Salem Center visiting senior scholar Bryan Caplan’s new book Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World’s Greatest Market. The book collects the very best of his EconLog essays, where he has been blogging since 2005, on the science and ethics of work. Caplan gives readers a tantalizing bundle of puzzling questions. Why is […]
New Podcast Series: “Free Lunch”
EPISODE 1 Welcome to the first episode of “Free Lunch!” This is a podcast where people from different academic and political backgrounds discuss (and, often, disagree about) contemporary policy challenges. On the inaugural episode, for example, we have a statistician (Carlos), an economist (Scott), a philosopher (Greg), and a political scientist (Steve) discuss the influence of […]
COVID-19
We collect data from various sources to show the impact of COVID-19 and the related mitigation measures on the Top 20 Texas MSAs. Main Researchers Salem Center Team The mission of this project is to gather information about large areas of economic activity in Texas, starting with Austin then expanding to the rest of the […]