The Rhetoric of Liberty | Guest: Deirdre McCloskey | Ep 172

Matt Kibbe is joined by Deirdre McCloskey, distinguished professor emeritus of economics and of history at the University of Illinois in Chicago, to talk about the language we use as advocates of free market economics. McCloskey points out that economics is essentially a series of metaphors, and that we can best explain its concepts through stories rather than the dry language of academia. Meanwhile, certain jargon or stigmatized terms like “capitalism” are doing more harm than good when it comes to helping people understand why the freedom to innovate makes life better for everyone. Subscribe to Kibbe on Liberty everywhere you get podcasts. #mattkibbe​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #deirdremccloskey #kibbeonliberty​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #economics The revolution is here. A movement of people free to live, work, and choose. We won’t tell you what to think, we just demand that you think for yourself. Join Free the People on Discord: https://discord.gg/ZZErgNRxz2​​​​ Watch Kibbe on Liberty on BlazeTV: https://blazetv.com/kibbe​​​​ Follow Kibbe on Liberty on Facebook: https://facebook.com/KibbeBlazeTV​​​​ Follow Free the People on YouTube: https://youtube.com/freethepeople​​​​ Follow Free the People on Twitter: https://twitter.com/freethepeople​​​​ Follow Free the People on Instagram: https://instagram.com/freethepeople​​​​ Follow Free the People on Facebook: https://facebook.com/freethepeople​​​​ Visit Free the People's website: https://freethepeople.org​​​​ Join Free the People's community: https://community.freethepeople.org​​​​ Kibbe on Liberty is a weekly podcast with libertarian author, economist, and community organizer Matt Kibbe. As the president of Free the People, Kibbe has decades of experience in the libertarian political sphere, but in these troubled times he believes that open dialogue is needed to bring people together. This means being willing to talk, and especially listen, to those with whom we might not always agree, trying to understand perspectives that might otherwise be foreign to us. Kibbe on Liberty's growing roster of guests includes politicians, economists, comedians, writers, radio personalities, activists, journalists, and even a magician or two—with topics of conversation ranging from current affairs to craft beer and the Grateful Dead. So grab a cold one, and settle in for the next hour of Kibbe on Liberty, mostly honest conversations with mostly interesting people.