The Curious Task

Bruce Caldwell - How Did The Mont Pelerin Society Begin?

Alex speaks with Bruce Caldwell on the history of one of the world's most exclusive intellectual societies.

References

1. “Hayek’s Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek” by Bruce Caldwell

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Hayeks-Challenge-Intellectual-Biography-F/dp/0226091937 

2. “Hayek: A Life, 1899-1950” by Bruce Caldwell 

Link: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo136253636.html 

3. “Mont Pelerin 1947: Transcripts of the Founding Meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society” by Bruce Caldwell

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Mont-P%C3%A8lerin-1947-Transcripts-Founding/dp/0817924841 

4. “Cicely Veronica Wedgewood” by The British Academy 

Link: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/1408/97p521.pdf 

5. “Ludwig Von Mises” by EconLib

Link: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Mises.html 

6. “Frank Hyneman Knight” by EconLib

Link: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Knight.html 

7. “Lionel Robbins” by EconLib

Link: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Robbins.html 

8. “Marshall Plan (1948)” by National Archives 

Link: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/marshall-plan#:~:text=On%20April%203%2C%201948%2C%20President,economic%20infrastructure%20of%20postwar%20Europe.

Victor M. Muniz-Fraticelli - Is Monarchy Absurd?

Alex Aragona speaks with Victor M. Muniz-Fraticelli about whether the monarchy might seem absurd, and whether a little absurdity can be a good thing. 

References

1. “The Monarchy and the Constitution” by Vernon Bogdanor

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Monarchy-Constitution-Vernon-Bogdanor/dp/0198293348

Maria Pia Paganelli - Why Read The Wealth of Nations?

Alex Aragona speaks with Maria Pia Paganelli as she sheds light on the historical context of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, and some of the surprising insights within it that make it more relevant than ever today. 

References

1. “The Routledge Guidebook to Smith’s Wealth of Nations” by Maria Pia Paginelli

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Routledge-Guidebook-Smiths-Wealth-Nations/dp/1138686158 

2. “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1680920960 

3. “The Adam Smith Problem in Reverse: Self-Interest in The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments” by Maria Pia Paginelli

Link: https://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article-abstract/40/2/365/38402/The-Adam-Smith-Problem-in-Reverse-Self-Interest-in?redirectedFrom=PDF

Emily Nacol — Is Politics Risky Business?

Alex Aragona speaks with Emily Nacol as she breaks down both the origins and contemporary puzzles of the concept of risk.

References

1. "An Age of Risk: Politics and Economy in Early Britain" by Emily Nacol

Link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691165103/an-age-of-risk?srsltid=AfmBOoqPrhGB4AqvPOCalJPxFfkdI6iTXt5dkYsLvm5jCerE2A063rcP 

2. “Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes 

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1680920960 

3. “Second Treatise of Government” by John Locke

Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm 

4. “A Treatise of Human Nature” by David Hume 

Link: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/bigge-a-treatise-of-human-nature 

5. “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith 

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1680920960