Don't let the kindly, curious economist exterior fool you. Bryan Caplan is pure dragon energy.

We just sat down with Bryan -- who's an economics professor at George Mason University -- to talk about his all-flames new book: “Don’t Be A Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice.”

Highlights:

00:35 the core untruth at the heart of modern feminism

6:27 why elite media is obsessed with libertarians

8:03 why he doesn’t want his daughter to be a feminist

12:38 why are so many tenured academics cowards

19:38 Epicurus figured out the essential secret of happiness 2,500 years ago

23:17 the concept of “social desirability bias” will help you unlock the matrix

26:30 we debate immigration

36:28 Bryan’s issues with the “IQ realist” community

43:36 core lessons from Will Smith’s memoir

46:17 don’t let people in the media dictate your happiness level