E19 – Rawls and Nozick
The last episode, in which we deal with the two intellectual giants of the 20th century – John Rawls and Robert Nozick.
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History of Liberalism
A podcast about the history of liberalism. It is about the men, women and events that advanced liberty and brought about the world of today.
Episodes
20 episodesE18 – Rand and Goldwater
In this episode we take a closer look at first Ayn Rand, and then Barry Goldwater.
E17 – Friedman and the Chicago school
In this episode we discuss Milton Friedman and some of his colleagues in Chicago.
E16 – Keynes, Popper and Berlin
In this episode we take a closer look at three thinkers who spent most of their lives in the UK: Keynes, Popper and Berlin.
E15 – The Austrian School
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.
E14 – The neo-classical liberals
A short overview of some of the most important neo-classical liberals, anarchism and lastly, a quick bite of the early 20th century.
E13 – The 19th 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 wen...
E12 – Laissez Faire
  In this episode we discuss Laissez Faire, the Corn Laws and Bastiat.
E11 – When liberalism split, plus socialism
In this episode we talk about when liberalism split into two. We also adress the main ideological opponent to liberalism that got going duri...
E10 – Utilitarianism
In this episode we have a closer look at the men who creates utilitarianism – Bentham and the Mills.
E9 – Hume, Kant and Tocqueville
In episode nine we meet some of the most interesting men round about this time: David Hume, Immanuel Kant and Alexis de Tocqueville.
E8 – The birth of economics
In this episode we talk about the men who invented economics; Say, Malthus, Ricardo and last but not least, Adam Smith.
E7 – The French Revolution
In this episode we discuss the French Revolution. We begin with a short overview of what the revolution was and then move on to the causes a...
E6 – Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau
In this episode we lay the foundation for the French Revolution by looking at Voltaire, Diderot and of course Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
E5 – American Revolution, part 2
In this episode we wrap up the American Revolution. We do this by examining how the Constitution came to be, discussing Hamilton, Madison an...
E4 – American Revolution, part 1
In this episode we take a first stab at the American Revolution. We take a closer look at the lead up to the revolution and the men in the c...
E3 – John Locke
In this episode we take a closer look at John Locke – the father of liberalism.
E2 – The English Civil Wars and Thomas Hobbes
In the second episode of the History of Liberalism we start of with the English Civil Wars. We then go on to Thomas Hobbes, a man whose thou...
E1 – Machiavelli and the 16th century
The first real episode of the history of liberalism podcast. In the first half we talk about Machiavelli and then we transition in to a brie...
E0 – About the show
This is an introductory episode with some background info etc. Ain’t much fun, but short and filled with practical stuff.