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edJEWcationWashington, Shakespeare and the JewsIn this episode, we cover a lot of ground with our guest and true Renaissance woman, Sarah Skwire.
We originally invited Sarah to discuss an article she wrote about the significance of George Washington's letter to the Hebrew congregation in Newport, Rhode Island.
During that portion of the discussion, we explore the letter’s historical context, Washington’s deft usage of language in the letter, Rhode Island’s unique role in religious toleration in America, and the impact of this letter on Jewish communities in the country.
However, as Sarah has a PhD in Eng...
2025-01-291h 05
The Great AntidoteSarah Skwire on Adam Smith and GriefSend us a textAdam Smith was a man who read the Stoics. He liked them, too, talking them up in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, particularly in the section on grief. Then he lost two of his closest relations (old timey, right?), David Hume and his mother. These world-shaking events caused him to reevaluate what he said about grief in TMS and change our interpretation of his commentary on grief.So what did he say about grief before, and how did the actual experience of grief change his mind? How does grief w...
2024-11-1555 min
The Great AntidoteCandace Smith on EtiquetteSend us a textSome questions are hard to ask. Some questions you don’t want to ask. Some questions are hard for you to hear the answers to. Like, how do you tell someone, politely, that they eat with their mouth open? Between a rock and a hard place, you know you gotta do it. You really don’t want to, but you know you can’t stand to watch it anymore either.Candace Smith is a wonderful teacher of etiquette and the creator of the Etiquette: For the Business of Life blog. Her philos...
2024-08-3057 min
Free ExpressionEpisode 114 (Valentine, Skwire)(1) Tommy Valentine of CatholicVote discusses the need to have faithful Catholics run for elective office; (2) Sarah Skwire of The Liberty Fund reflects on the importance of Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith.
2024-03-2628 min
The Curious TaskSarah Skwire - Why Should Liberals Read Shakespeare?Sabine speaks with Sarah Skwire about the fascinating world of Shakespeare and why there are so many lessons we can learn from a pre-enlightenment playwright about markets, politics, and the human condition.
Episode Notes:
- Mike Huemer's Post on Shakespeare: https://fakenous.substack.com/p/why-i-hate-shakespeare
- "The Comedy of The Errors" https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-comedy-of-errors/read/#:~:text=Synopsis%3A,named%20Dromio%2C%20as%20their%20servants.
- Sarah on Shakespeare and Immigration: https://fee.org/articles/even-shakespeare-knew-that-kicking-out-immigrants-harms-us-all/
- Adam Smith on Human Sympathy: https://www.adamsmithworks.org...
2023-12-061h 04
The Curious Task2022 Holiday Wrap-up EpisodeAlex, Sabine and Matt reflect on the year that was 2022.
References
1. Christy Horpedahl’s episode “How Can Books Advance Liberal Society” of The Curious Task Podcast
Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-163-christy-horpedahl-how-can-books-advance-liberal-society/
2. Russ Robert’s episode “What’s Wrong With Education?” of The Curious Task Podcast
Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-136-russ-roberts-what-s-wrong-with-education/
3. Lauren Hall’s episode “What’s Wrong with Modern Healthcare?” of The Curious Task Podcast
Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-19-lauren-hall-%e2%80%94-whats-wrong-with-modern-healthcare/
4. Edwards Slingerland’s episode “How Has Alcohol...
2022-12-211h 06
The Curious TaskSarah Skwire - Can Literature Influence Liberalism?Sabine speaks with Sarah Skwire about the role of liberalism in literature and ways in which all forms of literature can influence our ideas about markets, trust, and the value of others.
2022-09-071h 06
La Inquietud2x50 - Sarah Skwire[EN] GARRET EDWARDS entrevista a SARAH SKWIRE, directora de Comunicaciones y Senior Fellow de Liberty Fund (EE.UU.), coautora de "Writing with a Thesis", poetisa, graduada en Literatura Inglesa por Wesleyan University (EE.UU.), y máster y doctora en Literatura Inglesa por la Universidad de Chicago (EE.UU.). Esta entrevista se emitió originalmente en idioma inglés por CNN Radio Rosario (FM 89.5) en Argentina el 20 de agosto de 2022, en “La Inquietud”, programa conducido por Garret Edwards. Al final de la misma, como es costumbre, Garret Edwards le pregunta a la entrevistada qué la inquieta.
2022-08-2025 min
Mutual Exchange RadioSarah Skwire on What We Can Learn from LiteratureIn this month's episode, Alex McHugh interviews Sarah Skwire, Senior Fellow and Director of Communications at Liberty Fund about the importance of studying literature and language, and why social scientists should pay attention to works of fiction and literary history. Sarah's work can be found most often in the following places: The "Reading Room" on OLL: oll.libertyfund.org/reading_room Adam Smith Works: www.adamsmithworks.org EconLog: www.econlib.org/econlog
2022-03-011h 14
The Curious TaskJanet Bufton and Sarah Skwire — Why Tweet The Wealth of Nations?Alex Aragona speaks with SmithTweeters Janet Bufton and Sarah Skwire as they describe what drew them to the idea of reading through all of The Wealth of Nations and providing an ongoing commentary on Twitter, and how Adam Smith's ideas remain relevant.
References from The Curious Task Episode 98 with Janet Bufton and Sarah Skwire
Janet Bufton previously spoke on The Curious Task, which you can listen to here. Sarah Skwire has also appeared on The Curious Task here.
You can read the #WealthofTweets here.
The digression on silver in the Wealth of Nations can be read onlin...
2021-06-1651 min
The Economics DetectiveThe Wealth of Nations with Sarah Skwire
On today’s episode, I discuss Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations with Sarah Skwire. Sarah is part of the team tweeting through the book @AdamSmithWorks. We discuss the project and talk through the first few chapters of the Wealth of Nations.
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2021-02-0500 minPodcast – The Economics DetectiveThe Wealth of Nations with Sarah SkwireOn today’s episode, I discuss Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations with Sarah Skwire. Sarah is part of the team tweeting through the book @AdamSmithWorks. We discuss the project and talk through the first few chapters of the Wealth of Nations. Download this episode. Subscribe to Economics Detective Radio on iTunes, Android, or Stitcher.
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2021-02-0500 min
Economics Detective RadioThe Wealth of Nations with Sarah SkwireOn today's episode, I discuss Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations with Sarah Skwire. Sarah is part of the team tweeting through the book @AdamSmithWorks. We discuss the project and talk through the first few chapters of the Wealth of Nations.
2021-02-0549 min
The Curious TaskSarah Skwire — Why Should Women Care About Economic Freedom?Everyone should care about economic freedom. But why is economic freedom especially relevant for women? Alex Aragona chats with Sarah Skwire as she explores why economic freedom has been, and is, important for women to cherish and defend.
References from Episode 42 with Sarah Skwire:
You can check out Adam Smith Works here
You can purchase Sarah’s article on Margaret Fell here
You can read Sarah Skwire’s article on How the State Became the American Woman’s Real Enemy here
Sarah Skwire talks about Round About a Pound a Week here
Sarah Skwire talks about Roast Beef...
2020-05-2058 min
The Great AntidoteSarah Skwire on Pro Market Literature and FeminismSend us a textSarah Skwire, author and senior fellow at Liberty Fund, is the first woman to be interviewed on the podcast! She talks to us about how literature and its relation to markets and about feminism. She gives lots of good book recommendations!Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
2020-05-1033 min
Building TomorrowWhy Aren't There More Women In Tech?The presence of a gender gap in the tech industry is indisputable, but the causes and solutions for the gap are still up for debate. Ashkhen Kazaryan from TechFreedom joins Paul and Matthew to discuss several theories for the origins of the gap, ranging from overt discrimination to the insidious unintended consequences of the invention of the nerd archetype in the 1980s. Ashkhen compares her experience of discrimination in the tech policy world, which has relative gender parity, with the problems in the tech sector, which does not. Finally, the three talk about steps that can be...
2018-11-0842 min
The Bob Zadek ShowGetting the Government (Back) Out of MarriageDefenders of the free market are often caricatured as calculating, utility maximizers, whose only concern is the efficient allocation of resources. Any attempt to analyze a “market for love” with intersecting supply and demand curves is bound to fall flat. However, that doesn’t mean libertarian economic thought has no implications for how the institution of marriage could be improved. Before their wedding, one year ago, Sarah Skwire and Steve Horwitz had both independently written about the libertarian answer to the hot-button question of same-sex marriage. Horwitz, a libertarian economics at Ball State University, has applied an “Austrian perspective” to explain ho...
2018-03-0251 min
Imaginary WorldsEconomics of Thrones and StarshipsWhether you're running the seven kingdoms of Westeros or flying to Mars -- you have to figure out how to pay for everything. Many economists are fans of sci-fi because those worlds take economics models to an extreme, especially when its comes to the issue of scarcity vs. abundance. Sarah Skwire looks at what happens when strawberries are precious like gold, or when hot Earl Gray tea can materialize instantly. And Matthew McCaffrey explains why we should all worry that "Winter is Coming." Special thanks to Matthew Hollow. Featuring original music by Alexis Cuadrado. Learn more about your ad c...
2016-04-2120 min