The Hayek Program Podcast includes audio from lectures, interviews, and discussions of scholars and visitors from the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The F. A. Hayek Program is devoted to the promotion of teaching and research on the institutional arrangements that are suitable for the support of free and prosperous societies. Implicit in this statement is the presumption that those arrangements are to some extent open to conscious selection, as well as the appreciation that the type of arrangements that are selected within a society...
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The Hayekian Triangle: James Buchanan and the Challenge of Self-Government
On the second episode of The Hayekian Triangle, Virgil Storr, Peter Boettke, and Chris Coyne examine James Buchanan’s views on human nature and self-government. They place Buchanan…
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1 h 07
Brianne Wolf on Liberalism with Taste
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke sits down with Brianne Wolf to explore Adam Smith’s enduring relevance for liberalism, political economy, and contempora…
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1 h 06
Sympathy, Justice, and the Impartial Spectator with Kristen Collins
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke sits down with Kristen Collins for a wide-ranging conversation on Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its intersection wit…
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51 min
Don Boudreaux on The Wealth of Nations at 250
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke sits down with Don Boudreaux to mark the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the…
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Paul Dragos Aligica — 2024 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Paul Dragos Aligica delivers a keynote lecture at the 2024 Markets & Society conference on resilience as a research frontier in mainli…
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24 min
Bobbi Herzberg — 2025 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Bobbi Herzberg delivers a keynote lecture at the 2025 Markets & Society conference on Vincent Ostrom’s understanding of democracy and…
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40 min
Emily Chamlee-Wright — 2025 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Emily Chamlee-Wright delivers a keynote lecture at the 2025 Markets & Society conference on the precarious state of liberalism and the…
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1 h 32
The Hayekian Triangle: The Wealth of Nations at 250
Welcome to our new series, The Hayekian Triangle. This series will feature a range of conversations between our hosts: Virgil Storr, Chris Coyne, and Peter Boettke. On this episode…
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56 min
Liya Palagashvili on the Startup Mindset: How to Build a Career in Economics
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke and Liya Palagashvili reflect on her journey from undergraduate student organizer to public intellectual, policy analyst…
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58 min
Violent Saviors: A Conversation With Bill Easterly
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke talks with Bill Easterly about his new book, Violent Saviors: The West’s Conquest of the Rest. Drawing on figures such a…
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43 min
Chandran Kukathas — 2023 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chandran Kukathas delivers a keynote lecture at the 2023 Markets & Society conference arguing that an open society is best understood…
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57 min
Senator Phil Gramm and Don Boudreaux on the Triumph of Economic Freedom
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke talks with former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm and Don Boudreaux about their new book, The Triumph of Economic Freedom, a swe…
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42 min
David Schmidtz — 2024 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
**Content Warning** This episode includes discussions of sexual assault, which may be distressing for some listeners. Please listen with care.On this episode of the Hayek Program P…
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59 min
Reconsidering FDR With David Beito
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke speaks with historian David T. Beito about his new biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They discuss FDR’s record on civi…
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1 h 38
Perspectives on Peace — Taboo Lines and the Process of Peace
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chris Coyne talks with Abigail Hall and Jayme Lemke about Kenneth and Elise Boulding’s insights into what it means to build and sustai…
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42 min
Chris Coyne — 2023 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chris Coyne delivers a keynote lecture at the 2023 Markets & Society conference on the foundations of peace. He contrasts “top-down” p…
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50 min
Perspectives on Peace — What Should Economists Teach?
**This episode was recorded September 29, 2025.On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chris Coyne speaks with Amy Crockett and Erwin Dekker about how economics shapes our un…
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1 h 01
Mario Small — 2024 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Mario Small delivers a keynote lecture at the 2024 Markets & Society conference on financial institutions and racial inequality—using…
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46 min
Perspectives on Peace – From Milorg to El Salvador: Kenneth Boulding’s Lessons on War and Peace
On this episode, Chris Coyne speaks with Brigitta Jones, Nathan Goodman, and Karla Segovia about Kenneth Boulding’s insights on war, peace, and the political economy of conflict ap…
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Inside the Moral and Political Economy Program at Johns Hopkins University with Burgin, Halliday, and Liu
On this episode, Peter Boettke chats with Angus Burgin, Simon Halliday, and Glory Liu to explore their innovative work at the Center for Economy and Society and the creation of a n…