The Curious Task

Mark Koyama - How Can Monopoly Lead To Shipwreck?


Listen Later

Alex speaks with Mark Koyama about the historical context and economic implications of the Manila Galleon trade, focusing on how monopolistic practices increased the risk of shipwrecks and the broader lessons for contemporary economics about the unintended consequences of monopoly power.

References
  1. "Shipwrecked by Rents" by Mark Koyama, Desiderio Desideri, and Fernando Arteaga

    Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304387823001967 

  2. "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith

    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1505577128

  3. "Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance" by Douglass C. North

    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Institutions-Institutional-Change-Economic-Performance/dp/0521397340

  4. "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith

    Link: https://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html

  5. "The East India Company: A History" by Philip Lawson

    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/East-India-Company-Philip-Lawson/dp/0582073855

  6. "Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World" by Niall Ferguson

    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Empire-How-Britain-Made-Modern/dp/0141007540

  7. "The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire" by William Maltby

    Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Rise-Fall-Spanish-Empire/dp/1403917922

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    The Curious TaskBy Institute for Liberal Studies

    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8

    4.8

    19 ratings


    More shows like The Curious Task

    View all
    EconTalk by Russ Roberts

    EconTalk

    4,246 Listeners

    The Glenn Show by Glenn Loury

    The Glenn Show

    2,262 Listeners

    Conversations with Tyler by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    Conversations with Tyler

    2,414 Listeners

    Macro Musings with David Beckworth by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    Macro Musings with David Beckworth

    376 Listeners

    The Good Fight by Yascha Mounk

    The Good Fight

    895 Listeners

    Capitalisn't by University of Chicago Podcast Network

    Capitalisn't

    538 Listeners

    Uncommon Knowledge by Hoover Institution

    Uncommon Knowledge

    2,004 Listeners

    Quillette Podcast by Quillette

    Quillette Podcast

    790 Listeners

    Bob Murphy Show by Robert Murphy

    Bob Murphy Show

    479 Listeners

    The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie by The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

    The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

    721 Listeners

    GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution by Hoover Institution

    GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

    690 Listeners

    Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning by Razib Khan

    Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

    198 Listeners

    The Secrets of Statecraft by Hoover Institution

    The Secrets of Statecraft

    119 Listeners

    "Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg by Turpentine

    "Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg

    143 Listeners

    Just Asking Questions by Reason

    Just Asking Questions

    98 Listeners