On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Deirdre McCloskey delivers a keynote lecture at the 2022 Markets & Society conference. She argues that the "great enrichment"—a 30-fold rise in global income per capita since 1776—was driven by liberal economic ideas that champion individual freedom and equality of permission. McCloskey also critiques government intervention, emphasizing the transformative power of removing barriers to foster innovation, prosperity, and human flourishing, and more.

Deirdre McCloskey is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics and of History and Professor of English and of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. McCloskey is also a Distinguished Affiliated Fellow with the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

She has published numerous books including Why Liberalism Works: How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All(2019) and her trilogy “The Bourgeois Era”: The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for a Commercial Society (2006), Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World (2010), and Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World (2016).

This lecture has been published in the Markets & Society Journal, Volume 1 Issue 1, as "Humanomics." Learn more about the Markets & Society conference and journal here.

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Mikayla Novak chats with Giandomenica Becchio on her latest book, The Doctrine of the Separate Spheres in Political Economy and Economics: Gender Equality and Classical Liberalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Together they discuss Becchio’s background and inspiration, the separated roles of men and women in the public and private spheres, and key thinkers in classical liberalism that studied feminist economics.

Giandomenica Becchio is Professor of History of Economic Thought, Methodology of Economics, and the Theory of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Statistics and Mathematics, ISOMAS, at the University of Torino, Italy.

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On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke gives the opening keynote lecture at the 2022 Markets & Society conference. In this lecture, Boettke speaks on the importance of “relations before transactions”, emphasizes the impact of social interactions on economic activity and the role of trust, norms, and institutions, and highlights the insights of Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, and Elinor Ostrom. Boettke explores the intersections between markets and society, opening the conference with a discussion of its theme.

Peter Boettke is a Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University and Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He has published numerous books including Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions (2021), Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (2012), and Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development: The Bloomington School (2009).

This lecture has been published in the Markets & Society Journal, Volume 1 Issue 1, as "Toward a Theory of Social Cooperation under the Division of Labor." Learn more about the Markets & Society conference and journal here.

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Welcome back to the series, Perspectives on Peace, hosted by Chris Coyne. The first four episodes of this series will focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus Center, 2024) and will feature a collection of short interviews with many of the chapter authors.

This episode focuses on state power, peaceful cooperation, and the regime uncertainty of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Ed Stringham on “Two Paths toward Anarcho-pacifism: Lessons from Christianity and Modern Economics”, and Don Boudreaux on “Regime Uncertainty and Market Uncertainty.” In their conversations, the authors explain their motives for writing and summarize their respective chapters.

• Edward P. Stringham is the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of American Business and Economic Enterprise at Trinity College. Ed is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
• Donald J. Boudreaux is a Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Professor of Economics at George Mason University.

Learn more about Chris Coyne’s work as Director of the Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace (ISSP).

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Welcome back to the series, Perspectives on Peace, hosted by Chris Coyne. The first four episodes of this series will focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus Center, 2024) and will feature a collection of short interviews with many of the chapter authors.

This episode focuses on the military and health industrial complexes of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Nathan Goodman on “The Military-­Industrial Complex and the Militarization of Society”, Raymond March on “What About the Healthcare State? Robert Higgs's Contribution to Health Economics”, and Yuliya Yatsyshina on “The War Industry as Economic Cancer.” In their conversations, the authors share the impact Robert Higgs has had on their life and career and dive into a short summary of their respective chapters.

• Nathan P. Goodman is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Nathan is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
• Raymond J. March is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Angelo State University.
• Yuliya Yatsyshina is an Associate Program Director for Academic & Student Programs at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Yuliya is an alum of the Mercatus MA Fellowship.

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This is the last episode of a three-part miniseries on entangled political economy (EPE), hosted by Mikayla Novak. Entangled political economy is a sub-discipline of political economy that explicitly views individuals and the private and public sectors as being intertwined in overlapping exchange relationships along competitive and collaborative dimensions.

On this episode, Mikayla Novak is joined by Marta Podemska-Mikluch who discusses her life in Poland under socialism, her time working alongside Richard Wagner, genuine versus parasitical entrepreneurship, dyad versus triad exchanges, the health care system, the future of analyzing rhetoric using AI, and more!

Marta Podemska-Mikluch is the Schnell Family Chair in Econ-Capital Systems and Associate Professor in Business and Economics and Public Health at Gustavus Adolphus College. She is the Director of the Entangled Political Economy Research Network (EPERN).

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Welcome back to the series, Perspectives on Peace, hosted by Chris Coyne. The first four episodes of this series will focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus Center, 2024) and will feature a collection of short interviews with many of the chapter authors.

This episode focuses on the Ratchet Effect of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Abigail Hall on “Ideology, Crisis, and the Ratchet Effect: Retrospect and Prospects”, Jayme Lemke on “The Origins and Persistence of Discriminatory Institutions and Ideologies”, and Anthony Gregory on “The History, Ideology, and Shape of Leviathan: Researching the American State's Ratchet Effect, Growth, and Transformation.” In their conversations, the authors share the impact Robert Higgs has had on their life and career and dive into a short summary of their respective chapters.

• Abigail R. Hall is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Tampa. Abby is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
• Jayme Lemke is a Senior Fellow with the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Jayme is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.
• Anthony Gregory is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.

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Welcome to the series, Perspectives on Peace, hosted by Chris Coyne. The first four episodes of this series will focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus, 2024) and will feature a collection of short interviews with many of the chapter authors.

On this episode, Chris Coyne and Don Boudreaux discuss the life and legacy of Robert Higgs as featured in the newly published edited volume, The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus Center, 2024). Coyne and Boudreaux emphasize Higgs’ work as an economist and economic historian, especially his influence on understanding economic history and the relationship between markets and political systems.

Boudreaux shares personal anecdotes about his friendship with Higgs and highlights the key works that have shaped Higgs' legacy, including Crisis and Leviathan and Competition and Coercion. They discuss his understanding of the 19th and 20th century American economy, his role in the development of “The Independent Review,” his arguments for maintaining skepticism about government power, and more.

Donald J. Boudreaux is a Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Professor of Economics at George Mason University.

Learn more about Chris Coyne’s work as Director of the Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace (ISSP).

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Welcome to the series, Women and Policy, where Jessica Carges interviews women who work on policy research related to women.

On this episode, Jessica Carges chats with Courtney Joslin on contraceptive accessibility and women's healthcare. Courtney explains how geography, high costs, and shortages of healthcare workers increase the difficulty of accessing contraceptives, how new state-based policies may provide innovative solutions, and how increased access leads to higher education, increased earnings, and lower healthcare costs.

Courtney Joslin is a Resident Fellow and Senior Manager of the Project for Women and Families at the R Street Institute. Her work covers a range of issues such as telehealth, birth control, and economic mobility policy. Most recently, Courtney was the policy analyst for the Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University, where she worked with legislators and scholars on economic issues in Alabama. Courtney is an alum of the Mercatus MA Fellowship.

Learn more about Jessica Carges' work here.

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Welcome to the series, Women and Policy, where Jessica Carges interviews women who work on policy research related to women.

On this episode, Jessica Carges chats with Diana Thomas on why childcare is so expensive and what can we do to improve it. They discuss key points on how changes of regulation in the childcare industry impact women in the labor force.

Diana Thomas is an Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Inquiry at the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. A German native, she earned her Diploma in Business Administration from Fachhochschule Aachen and her BS in Finance from George Mason University. After gaining some experience as a junior portfolio manager at a mutual fund management company in Frankfurt, Germany, Dr. Thomas returned to George Mason University to complete her MA and PhD in Economics. Diana is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship.

Listen to Diana's episode on the regressive effect of regulation.

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On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Nathan Goodman chats with Anthony Gregory on his latest book, New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State. Most Americans remember the New Deal as the crucible of modern liberalism. But while it is most closely associated with Roosevelt’s efforts to end the Depression and provide social security for the elderly, we have failed to acknowledge one of its most enduring legacies: its war on crime. The book reassesses the political importance of the 1930s by highlighting the general crisis of lawlessness, arguing that the Roosevelt administration’s criminal justice policies transformed liberalism and the constitutional order. They also helped legitimate government itself, transcending the institutional, jurisdictional, partisan, racial, and social divisions that had previously frustrated national enforcement authority.

Anthony Gregory is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Anthony is a historian who has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Brown University, and the Rhode Island School of Design, and he is the author of New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State, The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror, and American Surveillance: Intelligence, Privacy, and the Fourth Amendment.

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