E12 – Laissez Faire

The last episode, in which we deal with the two intellectual giants of the 20th century – John Rawls and Robert Nozick.

In this episode we take a closer look at first Ayn Rand, and then Barry Goldwater.

In this episode we discuss Milton Friedman and some of his colleagues in Chicago.

In this episode we take a closer look at three thinkers who spent most of their lives in the UK: Keynes, Popper and Berlin.

In this episode we take a close look at the Austrian School and two of the most famous members – Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek.

A short overview of some of the most important neo-classical liberals, anarchism and lastly, a quick bite of the early 20th century.

Today’s episode is about the small topic of the 19th century. We try to sketch the outlines of the most important historical events that went down during this time in order to better understand the world liberalism evolved in.

  In this episode we discuss Laissez Faire, the Corn Laws and Bastiat.

In this episode we talk about when liberalism split into two. We also adress the main ideological opponent to liberalism that got going during this time – socialism.  

In this episode we have a closer look at the men who creates utilitarianism – Bentham and the Mills.