In order to encourage young scholars interested in the history of political economy and philosophy to engage with the work of the Scottish Enlightenment moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith,
The famous Colloque Walter Lippmann, held in Paris in 1938, was a major meeting of international interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the history, current issues and future of liberalism. It is usually
As one of the archetypal disputes in the social sciences, the famous “Methodenstreit” (the dispute on method) in German economics which unfolded during the 1880s has received substantial attention from
In recent decades, a new generation of scholars from various disciplines has found fresh, angles from which to interpret and work with the thought of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam
The current challenge for liberal democrats is to walk the tight rope between two types of populism: while the populists in the street claim that truth is manifest to common
What does the idea of freedom mean for immigration? Can a robust philosophical argument be made for border controls and limiting immigration, from a classical liberal point of view? Beyond
The Utility of History of Economic Thought: On this topic, Jan Schnellenbach (Cottbus, Germany) interviewed Rüdiger Bachmann (Notre Dame, USA) and Stefan Kolev (Zwickau, Germany) on March 23, 2021, in
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] NOUS Wide Beam: The Utility of History of Economic Thought, 23 March 2021 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jan Schnellenbach (Cottbus, Germany) interviewed Rüdiger Bachmann (Notre Dame, USA) and Stefan Kolev (Zwickau, Germany) in
Vor 250 Jahren wurde Wilhelm von Humboldt geboren, der preußische Gelehrte, Staatsmann und Bildungsreformer. In seinen „Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen“ entwarf er eine politische Theorie des Staatshandelns. Sie war geprägt von der Vorstellung, dass jeder Mensch der Freiheit bedarf, weil es seine Aufgabe im Leben ist, sich ganz zu entfalten und zu vervollkommnen. NOUS hat das Humboldt-Jubiläum zum Anlass genommen, sich in komprimierter Form mit diesem Thema der Staatstätigkeit auseinanderzusetzen.