The Great Antidote

Dan Klein on Hayek and The Band Man

June 30, 2023 Juliette Sellgren
Dan Klein on Hayek and The Band Man
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The Great Antidote
Dan Klein on Hayek and The Band Man
Jun 30, 2023
Juliette Sellgren

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Dan Klein is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Today he talks to us about F. A. Hayek’s conception of the Band-Man and our political psychology today. He explains to us that although our modern world looks a lot different from the world in 10,000 BC, that human beings are the same, with similar tendencies and desires. He talks to us about the implications of this idea for politics and the search for meaning in one’s life. 

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Dan Klein is a professor of economics at George Mason University. Today he talks to us about F. A. Hayek’s conception of the Band-Man and our political psychology today. He explains to us that although our modern world looks a lot different from the world in 10,000 BC, that human beings are the same, with similar tendencies and desires. He talks to us about the implications of this idea for politics and the search for meaning in one’s life. 

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