
Essential Scholars
Economist Rosemarie Fike explores the insights and lasting legacies of the world's greatest economists, thinkers and scholars, including: Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, John Stuart Mill, Milton Friedman, John Locke, Elinor Ostrom, and many more. Learn about their most important ideas, which helped to shape the free and prosperous societies that many of us enjoy today. And discover why their insights are …


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Robert Nozick Part 2: An Examined Life43:39 - 2
Robert Nozick Part 1: Why People Exist for Their Own Sake and Purposes43:28 - 3
Joseph Schumpeter Part 2: Technology, Innovation, and the Workforce54:53 - 4
Joseph Schumpeter Part 1: Why People Come Back for More53:37 - 5
Milton Friedman Part 2: Government Control and Long-Term Consequences43:59 - 6
Milton Friedman Part 1: Monopolies and Rising Prices42:16 - 7
Ronald Coase Part 2: Markets Don’t Fail, They Fail to Exist47:25 - 8
Ronald Coase Part 1: Reconciling Theory with Reality45:11 - 9
David Hume Part 2: With Prosperity for All47:49 - 10
David Hume Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Governmental42:48 - View more clips