The Curious Task

James Harrigan - What’s Wrong With Utopias?

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What's the harm in dreaming big? Significant, James Harrigan believes. Alex and James discuss the many ways in which Utopian theory has led to disaster in practice - From Plato to Lenin and into the present day. 

Episode Notes:

  • Keynes on Eugenics, Race, and Population Control https://mises.org/wire/keynes-eugenics-race-and-population-control 
  • Phillip W. Magness, James R. Harrigan; John Maynard Keynes, H. G. Wells, and a Problematic Utopia. History of Political Economy 1 April 2020; 52 (2): 211–238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-8173298
  • Plato’s Republic - Ethics and Politics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics-politics/ 
  • Thomas Moore’s Utopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book) 
  • “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design” - F.A. Hayek
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