64. Adam Smith  Pt.3; The Theory of Moral Sentiments;  What kind of monkeys are we?

64. Adam Smith Pt.3; The Theory of Moral Sentiments; What kind of monkeys are we?

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Why do humans behave decently towards each other? Adam Smith doesn't do evolutionary biology, but his insights, on how we wish to love and be loved and what's more we wish to be lovely are timeless and deep. The corresponding notions of how we wish to avoid giving offense and how we have a horror of blameworthiness...a horror we don't really face. The Conversations with Camie is longer than usual and I get into some...

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Age of Walpole Part 2: Opposing the Trend of the Fiscal Military State

Age of Walpole Part 2: Opposing the Trend of the Fiscal Military State

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Was Walpole in power for the purpose of holding on to power or was he holding on to power to enact his preferred policies? Was he self ...

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John Law and the Mississippi Bubble; Inflation is Murder

John Law and the Mississippi Bubble; Inflation is Murder

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Mississippi Bubble was possibly the most consequential financial bubble in all of history. How was a murdering, jail breaking Scotsm...

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The Age of Walpole; Part 1, Sacheverall and the Sinking Fund, a 2nd 100 Years War interlude

The Age of Walpole; Part 1, Sacheverall and the Sinking Fund, a 2nd 100 Years War interlude

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Church is in Danger! Her Holy Communion rent and divided by factious and schismatical impostors. Her primitive worship profaned and...

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War of the Quadruple Alliance, part 2; Robert Filmer?

War of the Quadruple Alliance, part 2; Robert Filmer?

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Chicken War is covered as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance as well as the more consequential Armada of 1719. Cardinal Alber...

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War of the Quadruple Alliance Part 1

War of the Quadruple Alliance Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Peace treaties do not always work out the way they are intended, especially if they are complex and take time to implement. The many tre...

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France the Enemy; France and the American Revolution.

France the Enemy; France and the American Revolution.

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We look at the factors that drove France to join the American Revolution despite the obvious ideological problems with a divine right mon...

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85. France, the Enemy: The Royal Repression

85. France, the Enemy: The Royal Repression

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We cover the repressive powers of the royal government and some of the reactions to it. Some of the issues are common to all autocracies...

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84. France: The Enemy, France and the Origins of the Industrial Revolution

84. France: The Enemy, France and the Origins of the Industrial Revolution

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This episode measures France against the 5 standard theories for the origins of the Industrial Revolution. 1. Special unique culture tha...

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