Don’t Let your Daughter Be a Feminist with Bryan Caplan

Don't let the kindly, curious economist exterior fool you. Bryan Caplan is pure dragon energy.Show more

We just sat down with Bryan -- who's an economics professor at George Mason University -- to talk about his all-flames new book: “Don’t Be A Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice.”

Highlights:

00:35 the core untruth at the heart of modern feminism
6:27 why elite media is obsessed with libertarians
8:03 why he doesn’t want his daughter to be a feminist
12:38 why are so many tenured academics cowards
19:38 Epicurus figured out the essential secret of happiness 2,500 years ago
23:17 the concept of “social desirability bias” will help you unlock the matrix
26:30 we debate immigration
36:28 Bryan’s issues with the “IQ realist” community
43:36 core lessons from Will Smith’s memoir
46:17 don’t let people in the media dictate your happiness level