The last episode, in which we deal with the two intellectual giants of the 20th century – John Rawls and Robert Nozick.

History of Liberalism

E19 – Rawls and Nozick

In this episode we take a closer look at first Ayn Rand, and then Barry Goldwater.

E18 – Rand and Goldwater

In this episode we discuss Milton Friedman and some of his colleagues in Chicago.

E17 – Friedman and the Chicago school

In this episode we take a closer look at three thinkers who spent most of their lives in the UK: Keynes, Popper and Berlin.

E16 – Keynes, Popper and Berlin

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.

E15 – The Austrian School

A short overview of some of the most important neo-classical liberals, anarchism and lastly, a quick bite of the early 20th century.

E14 – The neo-classical liberals

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 went down during this time in order to better understand the world liberalism evolved in.

E13 – The 19th century

  In this episode we discuss Laissez Faire, the Corn Laws and Bastiat.

E12 – Laissez Faire

In this episode we talk about when liberalism split into two. We also adress the main ideological opponent to liberalism that got going during this time – socialism.  

E11 – When liberalism split, plus socialism

In this episode we have a closer look at the men who creates utilitarianism – Bentham and the Mills.

E10 – Utilitarianism

In episode nine we meet some of the most interesting men round about this time: David Hume, Immanuel Kant and Alexis de Tocqueville.

E9 – Hume, Kant and Tocqueville

In this episode we talk about the men who invented economics; Say, Malthus, Ricardo and last but not least, Adam Smith.

E8 – The birth of economics

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 and the implications of the revolution. In the end we talk about Burke and Paine and their views of the revolution.

E7 – The French Revolution

In this episode we lay the foundation for the French Revolution by looking at Voltaire, Diderot and of course Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

E6 – Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau

In this episode we wrap up the American Revolution. We do this by examining how the Constitution came to be, discussing Hamilton, Madison and the Federalist Papers.

E5 – American Revolution, part 2

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.