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“So now going back to, and this is from the Fatal Conceit, part of our present difficulty is that we must constantly adjust our lives…”
Why: It illustrates how we must live simultaneously within different kinds of orders according to different rules to avoid destroying civilization.
The Fatal Conceit by Friedrich A. von Hayek
Guest on EconTalkPublic Choice and Politics Without Romance (with Mike Munger) 9/28/26
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“So in 1821, Friedrich Hegel published a book, The Philosophy of Right. And he advanced a, we don't have time to say much about it, but he advanced a doctrine…”
The Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Guest on EconTalkPublic Choice and Politics Without Romance (with Mike Munger) 9/28/26
“So Adam Smith in book one, chapter five of the Wealth of Nations famously said, the real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.”
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Guest on EconTalkThe Economics of Scarcity and the UNC-Duke Basketball Game (with Michael Munger)