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Episode 398: Obama, Ryan And Two Dead Economists

In 1975, Friedrich Von Hayek met the press.
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In 1975, Friedrich Von Hayek met the press.

On today's show, we talk to Nicholas Wapshott, author of .

That clash is still clashing today. Paul Ryan has (though they on some key points); President Obama has clearly been influenced by Keynes. And, really, there's no way to reconcile the ideas.

"This election is about two profound, competing theories that really can't exist in the same room at the same time," Wapshott says.

It's on.

Note: Parts of today's show originally ran in an last year.

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