Hayek Program Podcast

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Perspectives on Peace — Taboo Lines and the Process of Peace

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chris Coyne talks with Abigail Hall and Jayme Lemke about Kenneth and Elise Boulding’s insights into what it means to build and sustain peace. Drawing on her paper “In Search of Stable Peace,” Hall explores Kenneth Boulding’s framewor ... Show more

. 1h 38min

Chris Coyne — 2023 Markets and Society Conference Keynote

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chris Coyne delivers a keynote lecture at the 2023 Markets & Society conference on the foundations of peace. He contrasts “top-down” peacemaking driven by elites with “bottom-up” peacemaking that emerges from the everyday practices of ... Show more

. 41min 37sec

Perspectives on Peace — What Should Economists Teach?

**This episode was recorded September 29, 2025.On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Chris Coyne speaks with Amy Crockett and Erwin Dekker about how economics shapes our understanding of peace, conflict, and cooperation, drawing on the work of Kenneth Boulding and James B ... Show more

. 49min 45sec

Mario Small — 2024 Markets and Society Conference Keynote

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Mario Small delivers a keynote lecture at the 2024 Markets & Society conference on financial institutions and racial inequality—using payday lenders as a lens to understand how place and institutional context shape economic life.Small ... Show more

. 1h 1min

Perspectives on Peace – From Milorg to El Salvador: Kenneth Boulding’s Lessons on War and Peace

On this episode, Chris Coyne speaks with Brigitta Jones, Nathan Goodman, and Karla Segovia about Kenneth Boulding’s insights on war, peace, and the political economy of conflict applied to contemporary questions about military organization and the dynamics of civil conflict.First ... Show more

. 45min 42sec