# Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions **URL:** **By** Steven Horwitz, Trevor Burrus, Aaron Ross Powell **Published:** August 5, 2016 --- Steven Horwitz joins us for a discussion on family and how it has changed over the years. Families seem structured almost entirely opposite to how we think about market economies. Do theories about human behavior in markets hold up when looking at family interactions? Steven Horwitz joins us to talk about his new book, _[Hayek's Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions](https://www.amazon.com/Hayeks-Modern-Family-Liberalism-Institutions/dp/1137448229)._ What did F. A. Hayek have to say about evolving social institutions? What is the definition of a family? How has it changed over time? **Show Notes and Further Reading** Here is Horwitz's new book, [_Hayek's Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions_](https://www.amazon.com/Hayeks-Modern-Family-Liberalism-Institutions/dp/1137448229) (2015). Horwitz mentions [this humorous scene depicting a feudal marriage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jO1EOhGkY0) in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (1975).