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. 94: Graeme Thompson — What Is Canadian Liberalism?
Ep. 93: Jacob Levy — How Should Liberals Think of Social Injustice?
Ep. 92: Sandy Ikeda — What Would Jane Jacobs Do?
Ep. 91: Terence Kealey — Should Government Fund Science?
Ep. 90: Nick Cowen — Should We Regulate Online Sex Work?
Ep. 89: Alex Salter — Did Central Banks Get COVID-19 Right?
Ep. 88: Dan Griswold & Sabine El-Chidiac — What Should Immigration Policy Look Like After The Pandemic?
Ep. 87: Bas van der Vossen — Who Owns Your Labour?
Ep. 86: Matt Warner — What's Wrong With Foreign Aid?
Ep. 85: Paul Robinson — Is Russia a Threat to Democracy?
Ep. 84: Scott Scheall — What Is The Fundamental Problem of Political Life?
Ep. 83: Shikha Dalmia — How Does Minority Activism Help Stop Authoritarianism?
Ep. 82: Art Carden — Why Are We Rich?
Ep. 81: Erik Kimbrough — What Influences Our Choices?
Ep. 80: Ross Emmett and Steve Slivinski — What Policies Hurt Business?
Ep.79: Peter Jaworski — What Is Libertarianism?
Ep. 78: Sandra Peart — What Can We Learn From John Stuart Mill?
Ep. 77: James Tooley — Is Low-Cost Private Education Possible?
Ep. 76: Steve Horwitz — What Drives Progress?
Ep. 75: Clark Neily — How Can America's Policing Problem Be Fixed?
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