Season 1 (2014)

The Birth of the Free Market
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October 14, 2014 • 52m

Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out in The Wealth of Nations. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuri...Read more

The Wealth of Nations
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October 14, 2014 • 52m

Adam Smith was both economist and moral philosopher. But his work on morality is largely forgotten, leading to tragic distortions ...Read more

Ricardo and Malthus, Did Someone Say Freedom?
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October 21, 2014 • 52m

The roots of today's global trade agreements lie in the work of stockbroker David Ricardo and demographer Thomas Malthus. Together...Read more

What If Marx Was Right?
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October 21, 2014 • 52m

Have we gotten Marx wrong by focusing on the Communist Manifesto instead of on his critique of how capitalism works - a critique t...Read more

Keynes vs Hayek, a Fake Debate?
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October 28, 2014 • 52m

The ideological divide between the philosophies of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek has dominated economics for nearly a ce...Read more

Karl Polanyi, the Human Factor
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October 28, 2014 • 52m

An exploration of the life and work of Karl Polanyi, who sought to reintegrate society and economy. Could the commodification of l...Read more