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Matthew Hennessey

Associate op-ed editor @WSJOpinion. Author "Zero Hour for Gen X" (Encounter, Aug. 2018)

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Hubwonk1 episodeThe Ricochet Podcast2 episodes

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Hubwonk
Hubwonk

Invisible Hand Revealed: Economic Lessons in Everyday Life

Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Matthew Hennessey, Wall Street Journal editor and author of Visible Hand, A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market, about how the principles of economics manifest themselves in our every day lives and how we can use that insight to better understand our personal and civic choices. Guest: Matthew Hennessey is associate editorial-page features editor at the Wall Street Journal. He was City Journal associate editor from 2013–2017. Previously, he was managing editor of research publications at the Manhattan Institute and a staff writer at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. His essays and op-eds have appeared in the New York Post, New York Daily News, Hartford Courant, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Sun-Times, and Chicago Tribune, as well as at National Review Online, Time, Townhall.com, and FirstThings.com. He is also a contributor to Ricochet.com. He holds a B.A. in political science from Hunter College of the City University of New York and an M.A in international political economy and development from Fordham University.
Host:
Joe Selvaggi
The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

All Hands on Deck!

Good News! James is back! The whole crew is reunited. Even our guest Matthew Hennessey – a self-professed Ricochet nerd – was missing him. Matt's got a new book heading our way. It's called Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. Matthew proves to the hosts that Economics doesn't have to be mind-numbingly boring. (And our host who's had the pleasure of reading it goes so far as to say it belongs with Sowell and Friedman! Not too shabby.) Also, Peter has some thoughts on the comparison of Joe Biden's "gaffe" to a certain well-known Reagan speech; and the guys managed the nearly impossible feat of talking about the Oscars with little emphasis on a slap-happy star. Music from this week's podcast: Slap and Tickle by Squeeze
Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
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Ricochet

May 2018

The Ricochet Podcast
The Ricochet Podcast

Kudlow, Gen X, and Tom Wolfe

After a rousing live edition of the podcast in DC, we're back on virtual home ground and we hit the ground running. First up, our old pal Larry Kudlow former Ricochet podcaster, current Director of the National Economic Council stops by to dish on the economy, Milton Friedman, working in the White House, and he declares a certain podcaster #NeverTrump (spoiler alert: it's not who you think it is). Next up: Matthew Hennessey stops by to chat about his new book Zero Hour For Gen X. Finally, some thoughts on the great Tom Wolfe, who passed away earlier this week from two who knew and admired him. Music from this week's podcast: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 by Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev - Academy of London Orchestra
Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
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Ricochet