Vikash Yadav - Liberalism's Last Man

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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"What about our system of liberal meritocratic capitalism is good and useful? What about it is worth preserving, expanding and fixing, so that we can be prepared for the challenges that are coming?"

Professor Vikash Yadav joins Cole to discuss his book, "Liberalism's Last Man". The book explores the elements of one of the great economic thinkers and philosophers of the 20th century — Friedrich Hayek — that are still relevant and viable today. The conversation focuses on the evolution of liberalism and its influence on human flourishing.

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0:00.0	You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management.
0:08.0	At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure.
0:12.9	You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor.
0:20.7	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead. I'm the CEO and a portfolio
0:25.1	manager here at Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers and book junkies. It can be said
0:30.2	that leaders are readers and will believe books provide us a great source of information for filtering
0:34.9	what is and isn't important for us as investors.
0:41.5	Investing is the last great liberal art and the best way to spend a lifetime of learning.
0:46.9	This podcast is for readers, thinkers, business-minded people, and investors who want to grow their knowledge from great authors and their writing.
0:49.4	Charlie Munger often talks about using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:53.3	Our aim for this podcast is to help
0:54.9	listeners test mongers theory in business, markets, and people. Thank you for joining us for this
0:59.9	episode of the podcast. We're going to discuss one of the great economic thinkers and philosophers
1:05.9	of the 20th century. Joining us to talk about his new book, Liberalism's Last Man, Hayek,
1:11.9	in the Age of Political Capitalism, is Vakash Yadav. A little bit about Vakash. He is currently
1:18.2	a professor of international relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.
1:23.1	He has a PhD from Penn, a master's from the University of Chicago, and his bachelor's degree from
1:28.2	DePaul.
1:28.8	He has published two other titles, The Politics of India Under Modi and Risk in International
1:34.3	Finance.
1:35.4	Vakash, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:38.1	Thank you, Smith.
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