Matt GEIGER of the Carl MENGER Institute | Hn 47

Adam is joined by a Matt Geiger, a PhD economics student who is studying all the various ways the government increases the amount of suicide we see in the world. This conversation has a surprising amount of laughs for such a downer of a topic!

00:00 – Introducing Matt Geiger! Bring back Geigenomics! Also, a strange shoutout to Alan Moore.
03:40 -- The making (and travels) of a young economics student - from southern CA to Mises University in Alabama to getting a Master's degree in Spain.
10:53 -- Introducing Matt's thesis: The Economics of Suicide -- soon to be published by Germinal G. Van! What would cause someone to want to study this subject?
14:30 -- Meaning -- the antidote to suicidality.
17:35 – Where can we find meaning? What does the state do to make it more difficult for people to find meaning? Fiat money, war, government schools, lockdowns, mandates, cronyism, etc.
53:35 – Matt talks about the brand new Carl Menger Institute for Market Economics (link below) and the incredible professor responsible for it and Matt's Austrian Econ journey, Prof. Daron Djerdjian.
62:37 -- What new things are coming for the PhD version of the Economics of Suicide? Also, what's Matt's opinion about the youth? Optimistic? Pessimistic? Matt drops an unexpected white pill.
74:00 -- Outro. Links and calls to action and goodbyes!

Adam's previous appearance on Matt's show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&list=PLwfZAl3rEZq3UV8eMxUEVXjcs_5RWsx84
NOP episode obliquely referenced: https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep11/
Matt's main YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@matthewjamesgeiger
Matt's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vacuous_vocation/
The Carl Menger Institute for Market Economics: https://mengerinstitute.org/
Matt's Master's Thesis: The Economics of Suicide - https://drive.google.com/file/d/15iN3YwweA-L-qox_jkbMXR1MwaX90CVY/view

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