The Curious Task

Lauren Hall — What’s Wrong With Modern Healthcare?

In their conversation from December 2019, Alex Aragona talks with Lauren Hall as she explores the problems with modern healthcare systems and some of the possible remedies.

References

1. “The Medicalization of Birth and Death” by Lauren K. Hall

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Medicalization-Birth-Death-Lauren-Hall/dp/1421433338 

2. “Midwifery Licensing: Medicalization of Birth and Special Interests” by Steven Horowitz and Lauren Hall

Link: https://www.mercatus.org/research/working-papers/midwifery-licensing-medicalization-birth-and-special-interests 

3. “Caroline Malatesta opens up about birth trauma, bait-and-switch advertising of Alabama hospital” by Anna Claire Vollers

Link: https://www.al.com/living/2016/08/malatesta_opens_up_about_birth.html 

4. Jessica Flanigan’s episode “Should We Legalize All Drugs?” of The Curious Task Podcast

Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-9-jessica-flanigan-%e2%80%94-should-we-legalize-all-drugs/

Matt Bufton - How Do We Feel About The Monarchy?

Alex speaks with Matt Bufton about Canada's unique approach to power, monarchy, and government and how happy accidents have led to one of the best-governed and most free countries on earth being ruled by a King - at least symbolically. 

References

1. “The Governor General’s Decision to Prorogue Parliament: Parliamentary Democracy Defended or Endangered?” by Andrew Heard

Link: https://www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Governor-Generals-Decision-to-Prorogue-Parliament.pdf 

2. Fraser Institute

Link: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/ 

3. “When Jean Chretien wouldn’t ‘pass the torch’ 20 years ago” by CBC Archives

Link: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/when-jean-chr%C3%A9tien-wouldn-t-pass-the-torch-20-years-ago-1.5480490

4. Victor M. Muniz-Fraticelli’s episode “Is Monarchy Absurd?” of The Curious Task Podcast

Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-112-victor-m-muniz-fraticelli-is-monarchy-absurd/

Peter Jaworski - What Is The Ought-State Gap?

Alex speaks with frequent guest Peter Jaworski about the gap between a moral obligation and the expectation that some specific institution ought to be the one to realize that moral obligation - especially an institution like the state.

Christy Horpedahl - How Can Books Advance Liberal Society?

Sabine speaks with Christy Horpedahl about the entrepreneurial spirit that imbues Penelope Fitzgerald's "The Bookshop".

Alex Aragona - What Is Classical Liberalism (According To Our Host)?

Sabine speaks with the host of the Curious Task Alex Aragona to find out more about him, especially what he considers classical liberalism to be in its essence. 

Jayme Lemke - Who Was Elinor Ostrom?

Alex speaks with Jayme Lemke about the life, work, and legacy of American Nobel Prize-winning political economist Elinor Ostrom. 

References

1. “Elinor Ostrum and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and Social Sciences” by Jayme Lemke and Vlad Tarko

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Elinor-Ostrom-Bloomington-School-Building/dp/0228004152 

2. Elinor Ostrum Publications 

Link: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/library/bibliographies/ostrom-elinor.html 

3. Elinor Ostrum Fellowship, Mercatus Centre

Link: https://www.mercatus.org/students/elinor-ostrom-fellowship

Thomas Bunting - What Can Baseball Tell Us About Politics?

Alex speaks with Thomas Bunting about politics, democracy, social progress and more as they relate to baseball and athletics more broadly.

Edward Slingerland - How Has Alcohol Influenced Civilization?

Alex speaks with Edward Slingerland about the dance that most civilizations have done with alcohol and the delicate balance between worshipping its creative effects and fearing its dangerous consequences. 

Scott Scheall - Why Is Spontaneity Important For Liberalism?

Alex speaks with Scott Scheall about the importance of spontaneity for liberalism. 

Claudia Williamson - Does Culture Effect Economic Progress?

Alex speaks with Claudia Williamson about what economists mean by culture and how individualism and other elements of culture can effect the economic progress of nations, peoples and groups.

Rosemarie Fike - How Does Inequality Effect Women’s Wellbeing?

Sabine speaks with Rosemarie Fike about the relationship between women's rights and economic freedom and the disparities that persist in contemporary economies around the world.

John Wood Jr. - Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Sabine speaks with John Wood Jr. about political polarization in America and its effects on democracy, civil rights and activism today. 

Brent Orrell - How Can We Flourish At Work?

Sabine speaks with Brent Orrell about the current challenges facing the workforce and labour market in America and abroad today.

Rachel Davison Humphries - What Is Education For A Free Society?

Sabine speaks with Rachel Davison Humphries about various schools of thought in the study of education and how they may offer alternatives to learning more compatible with a free society.

Sarah Skwire - Can Literature Influence Liberalism?

Sabine speaks with Sarah Skwire about the role of liberalism in literature and ways in which all forms of literature can influence our ideas about markets, trust, and the value of others.

Paige MacPherson - What Does School Choice Look Like?

Alex speaks with Paige MacPherson about school choice - and the lack thereof - in each of Canada's provinces today. 

References

1. Paige’s articles, The Fraser Institute

Link: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/profile/paige-macpherson 

2. Paige’s Blog

Link: https://www.paigetmacpherson.com/blog 

3. “Public, private, and charter schools: How they compare” by Understood

Link: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/public-private-and-charter-schools-how-they-compare 

4. “Explore: The Canadian education system by province and territory” by Future Learn

Link: https://www.futurelearn.com/info/futurelearn-international/canada-public-education-by-province

Emily Chamlee-Wright - Why Work To Advance Liberalism?

Alex speaks with Emily Chamlee-Wright about what exactly liberalism is and why it is worth defending in a world that can no longer take it for granted.

Chris Freiman - Why Not Anarchism?

Alex speaks with Chris Freiman about ideal theory and the case for no state being the best state in a perfect world. 

Lauren Hall - How Do Libertarians Approach The Family?

Alex speaks with Lauren Hall about the unique approach that libertarians and classical liberals take when it comes to questions of consent, rights, and agency with respect to family and children.

Moin Yahya - What Is Inflation Really?

Alex speaks with Moin Yahya about debates both new and old surrounding the causes and history of inflation.