Episode 146: Hayek’s Modern Family (with Steven Horwitz)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2016-08-05

Steven Horwitz joins us for a discussion on family and how it has changed over the years. Where does classical liberalism fit into the conception of a family?

Families seem structured almost entirely opposite to how we think about market economies. Do theories about human behavior in markets hold up when looking at family interactions?

What did F. A. Hayek have to say about evolving social institutions? What is the definition of a family? How has it changed over time?

Show Notes and Further Reading

Here is Horwitz’s new book, Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions (2015).
https://www.amazon.com/Hayeks-Modern-Family-Liberalism-Institutions/dp/1137448229

Horwitz mentions this humorous scene depicting a feudal marriage in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jO1EOhGkY0

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