Perspectives on Peace Podcast
The podcast series, Perspectives on Peace (part of the Hayek Program Podcast), is hosted by Chris Coyne. Guests discuss a variety of topics related to issues of peaceful social cooperation, conflict, non-violence, and war.
The first four episodes of the series focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus, 2024), and feature a collection of interviews with many of the chapter authors.
Chris Coyne and Don Boudreaux discuss the life and legacy of Robert Higgs, including his work as an economist and economic historian, and his influence on understanding the relationship between markets and political systems.
This episode focuses on Robert Higgs’s scholarship on the Ratchet Effect. Chris Coyne speaks with three contributors to The Legacy of Robert Higgs volume— Abigail Hall, Jayme Lemke, and Anthony Gregory.
This episode focuses on state power, peaceful cooperation, and the regime uncertainty of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Ed Stringham on “Two Paths toward Anarcho-pacifism: Lessons from Christianity and Modern Economics”, and Don Boudreaux on “Regime Uncertainty and Market Uncertainty.”
This episode focuses on the military and health industrial complexes of Robert Higgs, featuring authors Nathan Goodman on “The Military-Industrial Complex and the Militarization of Society”, Raymond March on “What About the Healthcare State? Robert Higgs's Contribution to Health Economics”, and Yuliya Yatsyshina on “The War Industry as Economic Cancer.”