133. Baruch Spinoza, Part 2, Radical Enlightenment Part 3
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Spinoza’s philosophical framework laid out, along with several points of disagreement with the moderate Enlightenment Newtonians and Leib...
24 Tammi 202442min
132. Radical Enlightenment Part 2; Spinoza, Part 1
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We look at the tragedies of Spinoza's life. The clique that forms around him. The tragi comic end of his friend and mentor Van Den Ende...
11 Tammi 202438min
131. Radical Enlightenment; The Crisis of the European Mind Part 1
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The first of a six episode arc on the Early Enlightenment. We emphasize the clash of ideas, then the content of ideas, then biography. ...
27 Joulu 202337min
130. The State and the Industrial Revolution, Part 3, The Fiscal-Military State
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Fiscal Military State concept is a valid tool for analyzing the role of government in this era, not to imply it's an ideal form of an...
14 Joulu 202327min
The State and the Industrial Revolution, Part 2
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We finish up the crime issues, the bloody codes, private prosecution of crime, transportation to Australia, that we began last episode. ...
30 Marras 202333min
The State and the Industrial Revolution, Part 1
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a close look at local government during the 1700-1850 period. What work happened at the parish level? The Poor Laws, a unique...
16 Marras 202326min
Social Norms and Entrepreneurs in the Industrial Revolution
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. 80% of criminal prosecutions are brought privately by the victims, with over 450 associations established to support criminal prosecution...
2 Marras 202322min
126. Industrial Enlightenment, the Entrepreneurs
You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Paradox abounds when we look at entrepreneurs. Expected returns are negative, but this doesn't really matter and we explain why. Bankru...
19 Loka 202326min
