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Lucian after Hume: Love, war, and a dialogue of the dead
October 9, 2024 As death drew near, David Hume read Lucian’s Dialogues of the Dead, a strange text, full of pithy gems. Alcorn discusses one of the "finger pointer" dialogues and presents a fresh interpretation of Hume’s theories of necessity and morality.
Hostile factions and political instability
"The problem of faction seems to be when they undermine the systems of which they are a part, and this relates to the concern which Ryan has rightly identified that Smith has with the stability of institutions over time and of public life more generally."
Valor de uso y de intercambio, excedente del consumidor y bienestar social
"En toda sociedad es menester dejar a los adultos mayores y sanos ejercer sus facultades de elección para adquirir las cestas de bienes y servicios preferidas, cuyo costo ellos pueden pagar."
Jacob Levy on Smith, Hayek, and Social Justice
social justice.jpg 57.97 KB The title of this episode might confuse you: what on earth do Adam Smith and F. A. Hayek have to say about social justice? A surprising amount, given how much we talk about it!
Don Boudreaux on the Essential Hayek
The month of October 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of F. A. Hayek winning the Nobel Prize . Winning such a prize is obviously a big deal, but someone wins one every year, so what’s the big deal about this guy?