The Curious Task

Ilya Somin — Can You Vote With Your Feet?

Alex Aragona speaks with Ilya Somin as he explores how you can vote with your feet and if it is effective.

References from Episode 47 with Ilya Somin:

• You can purchase Illya Somin’s book, Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter, on Amazon Canada at this link
• You can purchase Illya Somin’s book, The Grasping Hand: “Kelo V. City of New London” and the Limits of Eminent Domain, on Amazon Canada at this link
• You can purchase Illya Somin’s book, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, on Amazon Canada at this link

Dennis Rasmussen — How Did A Friendship Shape Modern Thought?

Alex Aragona speaks with Dennis Rasmussen as he traces the friendship between Adam Smith and David Hume, and how it helped shaped modern thought.

References from Episode 46 with Dennis Rasmussen:

• You can purchase Dennis Rasmussen’s book, The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought, on Amazon Canada at this link.
• You can purchase David Hume’s book, A Treatise of Human Nature, on Amazon Canada at this link
• You can read Adam Smith’s book, A Theory on Moral Sentiments, for free on the Online Library of Liberty at this link.
• You can purchase David Hume’s book, Dialogue Concerning Natural Religion, on Amazon Canada at this link
• You can read Adam Smith’s book, The Wealth of Nations, for free on The Library of Economics and Liberty here.
• You can read David Hume’s essay, Of Refinement in the Arts, for free on The Liberty of Economics and Liberty at this link.
• You can read Adam Smith’s publication of Letter from Adam Smith, L.L.D. to William Strahan for free on The Liberty of Economics and Liberty here.

Steve Davies — What Happens After The Pandemic?

Alex Aragona speaks with Steve Davies as he explores what he thinks life after the pandemic will look like, including our relationship with the welfare state.

References from Episode 45 with Steve Davies:

• You can purchase Steve Davies’ book, Empiricism and History, at Amazon at this link
• You can purchase Steve Davies’ book, The Wealth Explosion: The Nature and Origins of Modernity, at Amazon at this link
• You can purchase Steve Davies’ book, The Economics and Politics of Brexit: The Realignment of British Public Life, at Amazon at this link
• You can read Steve Davies’ article on What History Teaches Us About the Coronavirus Pandemic here
• You can read more about Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s argument on news sensationalization that Steve Davies mentions at this link.
• Steve Davies talks about the Bathtub Fallacy here
• You can read Steve Davie’s briefing paper on C-19: Redefining the State of Welfare here

Shikha Dalmia — How Are Indian Immigrants Saving Canadian Hockey?

Alex Aragona talks with Shikha Sood Dalmia as she explores the story of a Sikh-Canadian broadcaster's rise to fame, and what stories like these mean for the broader immigrant community when it comes to joining, and changing, the world around them.

References from Episode 44 with Shikha Dalmia:

• You can read Shikha Dalmia’s original Reason article about this topic at this link