Nigel Ashford - Can We Change The World For Liberty?

About this episode

Alex speaks with Nigel Ashford about the prospects for a freer world and the influences shaping classical liberalism.

In this episode from 2023, Alex speaks with Nigel Ashford about the prospects for a freer world and how the memory of history, the hope of younger persons, and the teaching of ideas can shape the future of classical liberalism. Further Reading:https://libertarianism.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/socin003.pdf Chapter 2 of this book: https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Blundell-interactive.pdfhttps://fee.org/articles/the-tide-in-the-affairs-of-men/https://cdn.mises.org/Intellectuals%20and%20Socialism_4.pdfhttps://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/why-do-intellectuals-oppose-capitalismhttp://wordlist.narod.ru/Government-Failure.pdf

People in this episode

Host: Alex

Guest: Nigel Ashford

Topics covered

• liberty
• classical liberalism
• history
• education
• future prospects

Keywords

• liberty
• classical liberalism
• history
• education
• future

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute for Liberal Studies

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