On this episode of Advances in Care , host Erin Welsh and Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia discuss the highlights of Dr. Smith’s 40+ year career as a cardiac surgeon and how the culture of Columbia has been a catalyst for innovation in cardiac care. Dr. Smith describes the excitement of helping to pioneer the institution’s heart transplant program in the 1980s, when it was just one of only three hospitals in the country practicing heart transplantation. Dr. Smith also explains how a unique collaboration with Columbia’s cardiology team led to the first of several groundbreaking trials, called PARTNER (Placement of AoRTic TraNscatheteR Valve), which paved the way for a monumental treatment for aortic stenosis — the most common heart valve disease that is lethal if left untreated. During the trial, Dr. Smith worked closely with Dr. Martin B. Leon, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Chief Innovation Officer and the Director of the Cardiovascular Data Science Center for the Division of Cardiology. Their findings elevated TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, to eventually become the gold-standard for aortic stenosis patients at all levels of illness severity and surgical risk. Today, an experienced team of specialists at Columbia treat TAVR patients with a combination of advancements including advanced replacement valve materials, three-dimensional and ECG imaging, and a personalized approach to cardiac care. Finally, Dr. Smith shares his thoughts on new frontiers of cardiac surgery, like the challenge of repairing the mitral and tricuspid valves, and the promising application of robotic surgery for complex, high-risk operations. He reflects on life after he retires from operating, and shares his observations of how NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia have evolved in the decades since he began his residency. For more information visit nyp.org/Advances…
How Austrian economics can help make sense of financial markets in an interventionist environment. 22 May 2010, New York.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
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Ludwig von Mises had a huge impact on Congressman Ron Paul's view of statesmanship. This essay is a moving tribute to Mises and a look into the mind of a remarkable politician. Narrated by Floy Lilley.
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The Austrian School of Economics: A History of Its Ideas, Ambassadors, and Institutions
Eugen-Maria Schulak, Herbert Unterköfler
This is a brilliant and engaging guide to the history, ideas, and institutions of the Austrian School of economics. Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.
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These four lectures were delivered to the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado in the 1970s, and feature Friedrich Hayek, Israel Kirzner and Ludwig Lachmann. Special thanks to Mr. Fred Glahe for his generous donation of these recordings to the Mises Institute.Download the complete audio of this event (ZIP) here.
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Preface to The Austrian School of Economics: A History of Its Ideas, Ambassadors, and Institutions
Narrated by Paul Strikwerda. [13:58]
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Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010. [24:51]
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The Mises Circle in Manhattan; 22 May 2010, New York, New York. PPT [1:07:32]
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Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010. PPT [28:04]
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Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010. PPT
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Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010. [23:24]
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Featuring Joseph Calandro, Kevin Duffy, Marc Faber, Robert Murphy, Thorsten Polleit, Lew Rockwell and Frederick Sheehan. Emceed by Jeff Scott. Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010. [36:40]
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Recorded at The Mises Circle in Manhattan, on May 22nd, 2010. PDF [29:45]
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The Mises Circle in Manhattan; 22 May 2010, New York, New York. Includes closing remarks by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [5:43]
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Ron Paul deserves a high place in the history of liberty for being the only seriously principled statesman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives in the last quarter of the twentieth century. It should ne no surprise to discover that Ludwig von Mises had a huge impact on Congressman Paul's view of statesmanship. This essay is a moving tribut…
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The term Austrian will include people like Shumpeter and Morgenstern. Competition is seen as a state of affairs of perfect knowledge and equilibrium by mainstream economists. This fails to provide explanations as to how those market prices have been achieved. Austrians do not rely on the theory of perfect competition. Each individual reacts to the …
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Biographical remarks about Lachmann (1906-1990). Then, Lachmann describes Austrian economics as being subjectivism (individual human action), a certain attitude to time (the future is unknowable), and a distrust of macroeconomic entities (they exist, but Austrians look at macro as mechanistic). Lachmann recommends Menger, Jevons and Walras De-homog…
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Was George Stigler sympathetic to the Austrian school? Lachmann doesn’t think so because Stigler was a favorite student of Knight. Austrians should have dealt with Keynes, instead they quarreled with Knight. What policies do Austrians pursue? Those that favor the market. Is Milton Friedman an Austrian? Austrians agree with whatever Friedman says ab…
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A full-employment policy produces unemployment. Keynesian economics became the dominant theory wherein inflation was endorsed as a method of increasing aggregate demand which should boost employment. Hayek opposed this expansionist policy of Keynes. Inflation misdirects labor and distorts prices. Halting inflation produces unemployment. Hayek would…
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