Alex and Mike Munger discuss two strains of thought within the liberty movement - one concerned with philosophical purity and cohesion, the other with advancement towards a common ideal of greater freedom for all.
Episode Notes:
Mike's article "The Right Kind of Nothing": https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-right-kind-of-nothing/
An introduction to Coasian bargaining:
http://www.ejolt.org/2015/09/coasian-bargaining-2/
The Piece commissioned by Leonard Read by Milton Friedman and George Stigler on Rent Control:
https://fee.org/resources/roofs-or-ceilings-the-current-housing-problem/
Mike Munger's piece "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"
https://www.aier.org/article/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-directionalists-vs-destinationists/
James Buchanan on Relatively Absolute Absolutes
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-021-00883-0
Ep. 212: Matthew Mitchell and Peter Boettke - What Can We Learn From Estonia?
Ep. 211: Nick Cowen - Is Public Ignorance A Problem?
Ep. 210: Mike Munger - Can Classical Liberalism Be Saved?
Ep. 209: Lauren Hall - Is Gender An Emergent Order?
Ep. 208: Clara Piano - Does Greater Economic Freedom Lead To More Babies?
Ep. 207: Sarah Skwire - Why Should Liberals Read Shakespeare?
Ep. 206: David Friedman - What Is Anarcho-Capitalism?
Ep. 205: Iain Murray - What Has Happened to Conservatism?
Ep. 204: Brad Lips - Is The Liberty Movement In Trouble?
Ep. 203: Mark Mercer - What’s Wrong With Universities?
Ep. 202: Cory Massimino - How Do We Abolish Prisons?
Ep. 201: Seth Kaplan - Why Are Neighbourhoods Important?
Noah Schwartz - Does Canada Have A Gun Problem?
Monica Guzman - How Can Curiosity Fix Polarization?
Kevin Vallier - Must Politics Be War?
Jayme Lemke - Who Was Elinor Ostrom?
Ep. 200: Alex Aragona - 200th Episode Celebration
Ep. 199: Nathan Goodman - What Does Immigration Have To Do With Climate Change
Special Episode 17: Paige MacPherson - What Does School Choice Look Like?
Special Episode 16: Peter Jaworski - What Is Libertarianism?
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