# Ep. 52: The Dismal Science (with Steve Horwitz) 

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/ep-52-the-dismal-science-with-steve-horwitz>

**By** Anthony Comegna

**Published:** May 1, 2018

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Steve Horwitz joins us to discuss the relationship between classical liberal history and economics.

Steve Horwitz is the Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise in Ball State University’s economics department. He has a PhD in economics from George Mason University, and his most recent book is _Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions_. In the interest of more clearly identifying the relationship between his highly theoretical discipline and our evolving set of humane histories here on Liberty Chronicles, Professor Horwitz joins us now.

### Further Reading:

[Steve Horwitz’ personal website](http://www.sghorwitz.com/#home)

[His Libertarianism.org author’s page](https://www.libertarianism.org/people/steven-horwitz)

[His FEE author’s page](https://fee.org/people/steven-horwitz/)

[“Libertarians and ‘Unicorn Governance,’” A Cato Daily Podcast Interview (Jan. 25, 2017)](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/libertarians-unicorn-governance)

Music by Kai Engel