#249 The Corruption of Libertarian Philosophy w/ Andrew Koppelman
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Libertarianism has had a tremendous influence on American politics, but according to Andrew Koppelman, its most prominent adherents have stripped libertarian philosophy of its more humane intentions. In this episode, Andrew joins Bob and Ben for a discussion about his new book, Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed (St. Martin's Press, 2022) and why he contends that libertarian philosophers such as Friedrich Hayek have been stripped of their original intent by those who have ulterior motives.
Dr. Andrew Koppelman is John Paul Stevens Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. You can learn more about his work at AndrewKoppelman.com and follow him on twitter at @AndrewKoppelman.
This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
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| 0:00.0 | Ben, you got your cricket shirts. |
| 0:07.0 | You've had time to wear them. |
| 0:09.0 | What do you think? |
| 0:10.0 | Bob, I love these shirts. |
| 0:13.0 | Bob, it's hot outside. |
| 0:14.0 | I sweat like crazy. |
| 0:16.0 | I overheat. |
| 0:17.0 | And so a lot of times what I do is I wear like a nice polo shirt to work, you know, |
| 0:20.8 | like a nice collared shirt. But they're all the ones I've got before, they're kind of rough, you know, so you wear an undershirt with them, which just kind of makes it hotter. I can wear these shirts with no undershirt. They're cool, Bob. They look good. That's, that's the 100% Pima cotton. It's amazing. |
| 0:37.8 | Like, it's so soft. |
| 0:39.3 | And it just, the heat, it feels, I used to say about linen pants, it feels like you're not wearing pants, it just feels like your legs are in the shade. This is the first shirt that I've worn that feels like this. And it looks good, man. They got different styles. I never even imagine that you could make like a standard polo shirt look so different. |
| 0:55.7 | Right. I love these collars. I love my favorites, the, |
| 0:59.2 | slim fit player's shirt. The range polos are great. You got to go on the cricket website. |
| 1:04.8 | It's cricket shirts. That's C-R-I-Q-U-E-T shirts.com. check out everything they have designed in austin texas i love this |
| 1:16.3 | company i love what they're doing they've reinvented the polo shirt ben like you said teaching |
| 1:21.5 | you could wear sports coat over these things yes and even better i could wear nothing over these |
| 1:26.6 | things except for this shirt and it looks good. |
| 1:29.0 | And like with a good, nice pair of jeans and a good pair of dress shoes. |
| 1:33.3 | And like I feel like I'm getting away with something wearing this to work. |
| 1:36.9 | You know what I'm saying? |
| 1:38.0 | Like, how am I getting to wear this to work? |
| 1:39.5 | I wear them to work all the time. |
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