Qualified Opinions

Veronique de Rugy

Qualified Opinions is an intellectual salon that illuminates the challenges facing free markets, liberalism, and the political climate of today. Join host Veronique de Rugy, a senior fellow at the Mercatus Center, and her guests for enlightening discourse. Qualified Opinions is a production of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).

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Qualified Opinions

Episodes (52)

Jan 23rd A Travesty of Economic Ignorance with Peter Boettke
Dec 23, 2025 Total Boomer Luxury Communism
Dec 8, 2025 What's So Great About Fed Independence?

Qualified Opinions

Jan 23, 2026
1¼ hours
88 MB

Host Veronique De Rugy is joined by Peter Boettke to discuss his recent work on the "marvel" of the market and why modern economics has lost its way. Centered on F.A. Hayek's landmark essay, The Use of Knowledge in Society, this episode explores how prices serve as a vital vehicle for learning and coordination that no top-down planner can replicate. They discuss the transition of economics from a tool for "social understanding" to a failed instrument of "social control" and the dangerous consequences of treating economic science like "social physics".

Qualified Opinions

A Travesty of Economic Ignorance with Peter Boettke

Veronique de Rugy

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