Episode · EconTalk · 2022-01-31
Books mentioned on Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies
Traditions and norms can seem at best out-of-touch and at worst offensive to many a modern mind.
Russ Roberts discussed Judaism Straight Up by Moshe Koppel, Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Volume 19 by F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1 by F. A. Hayek, and The Uses of Pessimism by Roger Scruton. Moshe Koppel discussed The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Judaism Straight Up
Discussed“We're going to base the conversation around his recent book, Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures, which is a Hayekian defense of religion as an emergent phenomenon.”
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The Secret of Our Success
The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich explores how human cultural learning, cooperation, and cumulative knowledge have driven evolutionary success far beyond raw intelligence alone.
Discussed“One example that I you know that I think is is very nice is you know Joseph Henrich in his book The Secret of Our Success talks about the the Tukanawans in the in the Amazon who uh have they they eat cassava.”
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Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Volume 19
Law, Legislation, and Liberty by F.
Discussed“or Hayek's in Law, Legislation and Liberty, where he basically says I mean, it's a crazy crazy idea. Uh I've only read that book uh once.”
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Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1
Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1 by F.
Discussed“or Hayek's in Law, Legislation and Liberty, where he basically says I mean, it's a crazy crazy idea. Uh I've only read that book uh once.”
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The Uses of Pessimism
The Uses of Pessimism by Roger Scruton is a philosophical work offering a conservative critique of unchecked optimism and utopian thinking.
Discussed“I want to quote Roger Scruton who I've been reading lately and gets we devote a whole episode to him with his book where we are with conversation with Megan McArdle. And I've been reading his book The Uses of Pessimism”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“That's absolutely fair but but but more importantly you only read Constitution of Liberty once. Is that right?”
“No, I'm I'm talking about Law, Legislation and Liberty. I think you're referring to volume I think I'm thinking of volume two.”
“No, I'm I'm talking about Law, Legislation and Liberty. I think you're referring to volume I think I'm thinking of volume two.”
“That's okay but Fatal Conceit, how many times have you read Fatal Conceit?”
“My guest today has been Mosheh Koppel. His book is Judaism Straight Up.”