51. The Dutch Got their Beard Caught in the Mailbox

51. The Dutch Got their Beard Caught in the Mailbox

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Will you marry me? That's what Cromwell asked the Dutch. A proposal! Just out of the blue. What did the Dutch think? Then they sent Blake to ask again, more forcefully, less romantically, this time. We look at the decision of the English to emulate (totally copy) the Dutch. And the Dutch are monopolizing large parts of world trade. But you can't have two monopolists. Conflict. ...

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Adam Smith and the Power of Love; Adam Smith Part 7

Adam Smith and the Power of Love; Adam Smith Part 7

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Calvinism undermines itself by elevating human reason as the tool for analysis and understanding of God above feeling and love and human ...

30 Juli 202146min

67.  Adam Smith and Why the Enlightenment Loved Him

67. Adam Smith and Why the Enlightenment Loved Him

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Adam Smith’s systematic approach made reality tractable. This provided enlightenment thinkers with a framework with which to analyze gov...

16 Juli 202145min

66.  Adam Smith Part 5, The Wealth of Nations continued

66. Adam Smith Part 5, The Wealth of Nations continued

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. How does opulence among nations arise? Smith describes a Newtonian system of non violent market competition operating through the price ...

2 Juli 202137min

Adam Smith Part 4 The Wealth of Nations -Introduction

Adam Smith Part 4 The Wealth of Nations -Introduction

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. So how do you get from a subsistence economy where the great mass lives on the edge of famine and disaster? Funny you should ask, becau...

18 Juni 202145min

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...

11 Juni 202140min

Adam Smith Part 2;  Morality Unlike Ours

Adam Smith Part 2; Morality Unlike Ours

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Private Vices are public virtues, so says Mandeville in the Fable of the Bees. No, David Hume argues, the frame is wrong. Strong bounda...

4 Juni 202132min

62. Adam Smith Part 1; Einstein, Newton, God and Poverty

62. Adam Smith Part 1; Einstein, Newton, God and Poverty

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Adam Smith and his world view. Emerson said every writer needs a tough chaos deep soil. What was Adam Smith’s? We introduce the key e...

28 Maj 202136min

61. 1688 The Glorious Revolution Part 2; Only the Fool is free

61. 1688 The Glorious Revolution Part 2; Only the Fool is free

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We go through the history of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Marlborough defects to William of Orange. It’s a long episode because we s...

21 Maj 202147min

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