Deirdre McCloskey is currently my favorite economist. McCloskey sums up the message of the first few chapters of her book Bourgeois Equality - our lives have been transformed for the better by modern economic growth; Going in to some depth about why that explosive economic growth actually happened; Interviewed by Dave Rubin; A fancy debate; Another fancy debate, this time for IQ Squared;
econ, philosophy and some forays into business and culture