Essential Scholars

A podcast by Fraser Institute

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26 Episodes

  1. Robert Nozick Part 2: An Examined Life

    Published: 12/13/2023
  2. Robert Nozick Part 1: Why People Exist for Their Own Sake and Purposes

    Published: 12/6/2023
  3. Joseph Schumpeter Part 2: Technology, Innovation, and the Workforce

    Published: 11/15/2023
  4. Joseph Schumpeter Part 1: Why People Come Back for More

    Published: 10/30/2023
  5. Milton Friedman Part 2: Government Control and Long-Term Consequences

    Published: 10/16/2023
  6. Milton Friedman Part 1: Monopolies and Rising Prices

    Published: 10/4/2023
  7. Ronald Coase Part 2: Markets Don’t Fail, They Fail to Exist

    Published: 9/20/2023
  8. Ronald Coase Part 1: Reconciling Theory with Reality

    Published: 9/6/2023
  9. David Hume Part 2: With Prosperity for All

    Published: 8/30/2023
  10. David Hume Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Governmental

    Published: 8/16/2023
  11. Essential Scholars: Women of Liberty—Elinor Ostrom and the Bottom-Up Approach to Community Maintenance

    Published: 8/8/2023
  12. Austrian Economics Part 2: Government Intervention and the Assumption of Power

    Published: 7/26/2023
  13. Austrians Economics Part 1: The Little Things that Keep the World Turning

    Published: 7/12/2023
  14. James Buchanan Part 2: Self Interest & Rational Ignorance

    Published: 7/5/2023
  15. James Buchanan Part 1: Why What’s “Best For All” Doesn't Work For Everyone

    Published: 6/28/2023
  16. Adam Smith Part 2: Why Care? It’s Only Natural

    Published: 6/14/2023
  17. Adam Smith Part 1: Through Sympathy There is Progress

    Published: 6/5/2023
  18. Rose Friedman and Mary Paley Marshall: Neck(s) of the Operation

    Published: 5/17/2023
  19. Jane Jacobs: Community impact and why it’s a key metric

    Published: 5/3/2023
  20. Key Insights of UCLA Part 3: Markets and Social Issues

    Published: 4/19/2023

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Economist Rosemarie Fike explores the insights and lasting legacies of the world's greatest economists, thinkers and scholars, including: Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, John Stuart Mill, Milton Friedman, John Locke, Elinor Ostrom, and many more. Learn about their most important ideas, which helped to shape the free and prosperous societies that many of us enjoy today. And discover why their insights are still relevant in today’s modern world. Visit www.essentialscholars.org to download books, explore our animated videos and more.