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. 162: Alex Aragona - What Is Classical Liberalism (According To Our Host)?
Ep. 161: Jayme Lemke - Who Was Elinor Ostrom?
Ep. 160: Thomas Bunting - What Can Baseball Tell Us About Politics?
Ep. 159: Edward Slingerland - How Has Alcohol Influenced Civilization?
Ep. 158: Scott Scheall - Why Is Spontaneity Important For Liberalism?
Ep. 157: Claudia Williamson - Does Culture Effect Economic Progress?
Ep. 156: Rosemarie Fike - How Does Inequality Effect Women’s Wellbeing?
Ep. 155: John Wood Jr. - Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Ep. 154: Brent Orrell - How Can We Flourish At Work?
Ep. 153: Rachel Davison Humphries - What Is Education For A Free Society?
Ep. 152: Sarah Skwire - Can Literature Influence Liberalism?
Ep. 151: Paige MacPherson - What Does School Choice Look Like?
Ep. 150: Emily Chamlee-Wright - Why Work To Advance Liberalism?
Ep. 149: Chris Freiman - Why Not Anarchism?
Ep. 148: Lauren Hall - How Do Libertarians Approach The Family?
Ep. 147: Moin Yahya - What Is Inflation Really?
Special Episode 12: Jen Dirmeyer - What Do Markets Do For Us?
Special Episode 11: Graeme Thompson - What Is Canadian Liberalism?
Special Episode 10: Peter Jaworski — What Is Libertarianism?
Special Episode 9: Janet Bufton - Are Libertarians Liberals?
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