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145 - Deirdre McCloskey: What Is Classical Liberalism?

145 - Deirdre McCloskey: What Is Classical Liberalism?

Robinson's Podcast vor 2 Jahren

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Deirdre McCloskey is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics
and of History and Professor Emerita of English and of
Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is
also Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought at the Cato
Institute. Over the span of her career, Deirdre has written on
economic theory, history, rhetoric, feminism, ethics, law, and
more. In this episode, she and Robinson discuss her political
philosophy—classical liberalism. They begin by discussing her
training before delving into liberalism’s roots in the eighteen
and nineteenth centuries as a celebration of freedom of speech
and innovation, as well as its doctrine of equality under the
law. They then compare it to competing views, such as
conservatism, and address common criticisms of classical
liberalism, such as its alleged inability to respond to crises
like global warming or that the free market will concentrate
wealth in the hands of a few.

Why Liberalism Works: https://a.co/d/hvUAtnk

Deirdre’s Website: https://www.deirdremccloskey.com

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:59 Introduction

04:09 Deirdre’s Background in Economics

17:36 What is Classical Liberalism?

33:28 The Beginning of Liberalism

51:50 The Great Enrichment

01:05:43 Free Speech

01:17:31 Conservatism and Libertarianism

01:28:36 Criticisms of Liberalism

01:43:00 Climate Change and the Free Market

01:49:57 Liberalism and Queers

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
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