Conference – AmandaAction

Episodes

1. 10

   The Playfulness of the Market: Reading Hayek in the Light of Huizinga

   In an appendix to The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism, F.A. Hayek says, “The practices that led to the formation of the spontaneous order have much in common with rules observed in playing a game. To attempt to trace … Continue reading →

   Jan 4, 2015
2. 9

   Learning to Kneel: Etty Hillesum and Simone Weil as Examples of Openness to Reality

   Etty Hillesum and Simone Weil can help our understanding of political science through their accounts of participatory experience of the full amplitude of reality. Their reflections on their everyday experiences attest to the truthfulness of Eric Voegelin’s political science. Specifically, …...

   Jan 4, 2015
3. 8

   Don’t Pass the Buck to Government When It Comes to Financial Education

   Here is the audio from my presentation at the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) conference in Las Vegas on April 14, 2014. It was a pleasure to be on a panel chaired by Howard Baetjer Jr. who was a professor … Continue reading →

   Apr 19, 2014
4. 7

   Totalitarian Elements in Mind/Body Dualism and What this Means for Bioethics

   Here is a presentation I gave at the Southern Political Science Association Conference in New Orleans on January 11, 2014. In The Phenomenon of Life, Hans Jonas identifies the root of contemporary bioethical problems in the incorrect philosophical anthropology of … Continue reading →

   Jan 18, 2014
5. 6

   Human Action versus Behaviourialism: Can Praxeology and Experimental Economics be Reconciled?

   Here is my presentation on Human Action and Behaviouralism that I delivered at the Toronto Austrian Scholars Conference on November 2, 2013 at the University of Toronto.

   Nov 11, 2013