Essential Scholars
A podcast by Fraser Institute
26 Episodes
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Robert Nozick Part 2: An Examined Life
Published: 12/13/2023 -
Robert Nozick Part 1: Why People Exist for Their Own Sake and Purposes
Published: 12/6/2023 -
Joseph Schumpeter Part 2: Technology, Innovation, and the Workforce
Published: 11/15/2023 -
Joseph Schumpeter Part 1: Why People Come Back for More
Published: 10/30/2023 -
Milton Friedman Part 2: Government Control and Long-Term Consequences
Published: 10/16/2023 -
Milton Friedman Part 1: Monopolies and Rising Prices
Published: 10/4/2023 -
Ronald Coase Part 2: Markets Don’t Fail, They Fail to Exist
Published: 9/20/2023 -
Ronald Coase Part 1: Reconciling Theory with Reality
Published: 9/6/2023 -
David Hume Part 2: With Prosperity for All
Published: 8/30/2023 -
David Hume Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Governmental
Published: 8/16/2023 -
Essential Scholars: Women of Liberty—Elinor Ostrom and the Bottom-Up Approach to Community Maintenance
Published: 8/8/2023 -
Austrian Economics Part 2: Government Intervention and the Assumption of Power
Published: 7/26/2023 -
Austrians Economics Part 1: The Little Things that Keep the World Turning
Published: 7/12/2023 -
James Buchanan Part 2: Self Interest & Rational Ignorance
Published: 7/5/2023 -
James Buchanan Part 1: Why What’s “Best For All” Doesn't Work For Everyone
Published: 6/28/2023 -
Adam Smith Part 2: Why Care? It’s Only Natural
Published: 6/14/2023 -
Adam Smith Part 1: Through Sympathy There is Progress
Published: 6/5/2023 -
Rose Friedman and Mary Paley Marshall: Neck(s) of the Operation
Published: 5/17/2023 -
Jane Jacobs: Community impact and why it’s a key metric
Published: 5/3/2023 -
Key Insights of UCLA Part 3: Markets and Social Issues
Published: 4/19/2023
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.