Episode · EconTalk · 2024-09-30
Books mentioned on The Underrated Bruno Leoni (with Michael Munger)
Friedrich Hayek credited Bruno Leoni with shaping his ideas on laws and legislation. James Buchanan said that Leoni identified problems that led to his own work on public choice.
Michael Munger discussed Capitalism and freedom by Milton Friedman, The constitution of liberty by Friedrich A. von Hayek, Freedom and the Law by Bruno Leoni, and Politics by Principle, Not Interest by James M. Buchanan and others.
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Capitalism and freedom
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman is a foundational economic text arguing for the preeminence of competitive capitalism and limited government intervention as prerequisites for individual liberty.
Discussed“with Milton fredman who was working on capitalism and freedom and Leone was working on his major book what turned out to be really his only major book Freedom in the law which was published in 1961”
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The constitution of liberty
Friedrich A.
Discussed“in famously in 1960 he shared the the stage with Friedrich Hayek who was then presenting an outline of the Constitution of Liberty”
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Freedom and the Law
Discussed“Leone was working on his major book what turned out to be really his only major book Freedom in the law which was published in 1961”
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Politics by Principle, Not Interest
Discussed“so Buchanan and congleton wrote a book politics by principle not interest”
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