Here are references from past episodes of The Curious Task Podcast!

References from Episode 53 with Kerry McDonald:
  • You can buy Kerry McDonald’s book, Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can buy Noam Chomsky’s book, Chomsky on Mis-Education, which Alex references in the podcast, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can read more about Timothy Layton’s Harvard study on the mental effects of younger children starting school on the Harvard Gazette here.
  • You can read more about the Vanderbilt study on the correlation between youth suicide attempts and the academic year at this link.
  • You can read more about the Yale research study on the dissatisfaction of children in high school here.
  • You can read Kerry McDonald’s Fee.org article on parents favouring homeschooling in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic here.
References from Episode 52 with Nimish Adhia:
  • You can read Nimish Adhia’s paper “The role of ideological change in India’s economic liberalization”, which is referenced throughout the podcast, at this link
  • You can read more about the Hindi film Mother India (1957) here
  • You can read the Eastern Eye op-ed “Did Bollywood write the script for the Indian economic miracle?” by Raj Persaud at this link
  • Nimish’s Bollywood film recommendations:
      • Upkar (1967), directed by Manoj Kumar
      • Guru (2007), directed and written by Mani Ratnam
References from Episode 51 with Malcolm Lavoie:
  • You can read Malcolm Lavoie’s paper “Property and Local Knowledge”, which is referenced throughout the podcast, at this link.
  • You can read FA Hayek’s essay “The Use of Knowledge in Society” on EconLib here
  • You can purchase FA Hayek’s book, Law, Legislation, and Liberty, on Amazon Canada at this link.
References from Episode 50 with Linda Kavuka:
  • You can read Linda Kavuka’s Telegraph article on Africa and access to the free market referenced in the podcast here
  • You can watch Linda Kavuka’s talk on the impact of colonialism on property rights in Africa, referenced in the podcast here
References from Episode 49 with Fabio Rojas:
  • You can purchase Fabio Rojas’ book, From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can buy Fabio Rojas’ book, Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party After 9/11,  on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can purchase Fabio Rojas’ book, Theory for the Working Sociologist, on Amazon Canada here.
  • You can read the transcript of Barack Obama’s 2002 speech against the Iraq War, which Fabio refers to in the podcast, here

References from Episode 48 with Travis Smith:

  • You can purchase Travis Smith’s book Superhero Ethics: 10 Comic Book Heroes; 10 Ways to Save the World; Which One Do We Need Most Now? on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can watch the trailer for Watchmen, the American superhero drama limited television series Alex mentions in the podcast here.

References from Episode 47 with Illya Somin:

  • You can purchase Illya Somin’s book, Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter, on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can purchase Illya Somin’s book, The Grasping Hand: “Kelo V. City of New London” and the Limits of Eminent Domain, on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can purchase Illya Somin’s book, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, on Amazon Canada at this link

References from Episode 46 with Dennis Rasmussen:

  • You can purchase Dennis Rasmussen’s book, The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can purchase David Hume’s book, A Treatise of Human Nature, on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can read Adam Smith’s book, A Theory on Moral Sentiments, for free on the Online Library of Liberty at this link.
  • You can purchase David Hume’s book, Dialogue Concerning Natural Religion, on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can read Adam Smith’s book, The Wealth of Nations, for free on The Library of Economics and Liberty here.
  • You can read David Hume’s essay, Of Refinement in the Arts, for free on The Liberty of Economics and Liberty at this link.
  • You can read Adam Smith’s publication of Letter from Adam Smith, L.L.D. to William Strahan for free on The Liberty of Economics and Liberty here.

References from Episode 45 with Steve Davies:

  • You can purchase Steve Davies’ book, Empiricism and History, at Amazon at this link
  • You can purchase Steve Davies’ book, The Wealth Explosion: The Nature and Origins of Modernity, at Amazon at this link
  • You can purchase Steve Davies’ book, The Economics and Politics of Brexit: The Realignment of British Public Life, at Amazon at this link
  • You can read Steve Davies’ article on What History Teaches Us About the Coronavirus Pandemic here
  • You can read more about Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s argument on news sensationalization that Steve Davies mentions at this link.
  • Steve Davies talks about the Bathtub Fallacy here
  • You can read Steve Davie’s briefing paper on C-19: Redefining the State of Welfare here

References from Episode 44 with Shikha Dalmia:

  • You can read Shikha Dalmia’s original Reason article about this topic at this link

References from Episode 43 with Ben Perrin:

  • You can purchase Ben Perrin’s new book Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis at Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can listen to the episode of The Curious Task that Alex mentioned that features Trevor Burrus at this link

References from Episode 42 with Sarah Skwire:

  • You can check out Adam Smith Works here
  • You can purchase Sarah’s article on Margaret Fell here
  • You can read Sarah Skwire’s article on How the State Became the American Woman’s Real Enemy here
  • Sarah Skwire talks about Round About a Pound a Week here
  • Sarah Skwire talks about Roast Beef, Medium here

References from Episode 41 with Russ Roberts 

  • You can purchase Russ Roberts’ book How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life at Amazon Canada here
  • You can read the Theory of Moral Sentiments for free on the Online Library of Liberty here

References from Episode 40 with Pete Boettke

  • You can purchase Pete Boettke’s book on F.A. Hayek on Amazon Canada here
  • Check out Pete Boettke’s economics blog here

References from Episode 38 with David Clement:

Here are a few articles by David Clement on marijuana legalization

References from Episode 37 with Ray Pennings:

  • You can check out the Canadian Cardus Survey here
  • You can read the U.S. Cardus Education Survey 2018 here
  • You can read the Cardus survey on Who Chooses Ontario Independent Schools and Why here

References from Episode 36 with Jason Brennan:

  • You can purchase Jason Brennan’s book Why Not Capitalism on Amazon Canada here

References from Episode 34 with Matt Bufton:

  • You can read the Atlantic article referenced in the podcast  here
  • You can read more about hand sanitizer regulations being relaxed here
  • Check out more information on the Mercatus COVID-19 Innovation Prizes here

References from Episode 33 with Scott Beyer:

  • You can check out Scott’s website The Market Urbanism Report here
  • You can check out the popular Market Urbanism Report Facebook page here

References from Episode 32 with Jason Sorens:

  • You can purchase Jason Sorens’ book on Secessionism on Amazon Canada  here
  • You can listen to Jason Sorens’ appearance on the Danielle Smith show in Alberta here

References from Episode 31 with Chris Freiman:

  • You can purchase Chris Freiman’s book when it’s out  here
  • You can check out the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog here
  • You can purchase Bryan Caplan’s book ‘The Myth of the Rational Voter’ on Amazon Canada here

References from Episode 30 with Adam Bartha:

  • You can read Adam’s article referenced in this episode here
  • You can read Dr. Steven Davies’ article on The Great Realignment here

References from Episode 29 with Jacob Levy:

  • You can purchase Jacob Levy’s book Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom on Amazon Canada here
  • You can purchase the book Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott, which was mentioned by Jacob on the podcast, at Amazon Canada here

References from Episode 28 with Vincent Geloso:

  • For further reading, you can check out this paper written by Vincent Geloso and Steve Horwitz, one of our other previous podcast guests, here

References from Episode 27 with Trevor Burrus:

  • You can read the article ‘Locked Up and Loaded’ that Alex refers to in this episode that was written by Trevor here

References from Episode 26 with Kevin Vallier:

  • You can purchase Kevin Vallier’s book Must Politics be War here
  • You can purchase the book Polaraization: What Everyone Needs to Know here
  • You can purchase From Politics to the Pews here

References from Episode 25 with Glenn Fox:

  • If you have Sage journal subscription, you can read Glenn Fox’s research on this subject in an article here
  • You can read more about Carl Menger on The Library of Economics and Liberty here

References from Episode 24 with Sandy Ikeda

  • You can read an article from Sandy Ikeda entitled What is a city? on the Market Urbanism website here
  • Alain Bertaud’s book Order without Design that Sandy mentioned on the podcast can be purchased on Amazon Canada here
  • Sandy appears in the documentary Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, you can find it on all online rental platforms, but Canadian who subscribe to Crave can find it here
  • You can purchase a copy of Jane Jacob’s popular book Death and Life of Great American Cities on Amazon Canada here 

References from Episode 23 with Michael Munger

  • You can order Michael Munger’s book Is Capitalism Sustainable on Amazon Canada here
  • You can order his book Tomorrow 3.0 on Amazon Canada here

References from Episode 22 with Matt Bufton

References from Episode 21 with Alex Tabbarok

  • You can watch a video of Alex Tabbarok and Tyler Cowen discuss gift giving here
  • Giving to my Wild Self article can be found here

References from Episode 20 with James Stacey Taylor

  • You can purchase James Stacey Taylor’s book Stakes and Kidneys in Amazon Canada here

References from Episode 19 with Lauren Hall:

  • You can read more from Lauren Hall on the subject of rights violations in delivery rooms here

References from Episode 18 with Alex Nowrasteh:

  • You can read Alex Nowrasteh’s studies and commentaries on his page at the Cato Institute’s website
  • Check out Jens Hainmueller’s paper on cultural anxiety and immigration here
  • Read Alex’s thoughts on the paper on perceptions of chaos by Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka, and Shanto Iyengar here

References from Episode 17 with Sarah Burns:

  • You can buy Sarah Burns’ book The Politics of War Powers: The Theory and History of Presidential Unilateralism here on Amazon Canada

References from Episode 16 with Alain Bertaud:

  • You can buy Alain Bertaud’s book Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities here on Amazon Canada

References from Episode 12 with Jason Kuznicki:

  • You can buy Jason Kuznicki’s book Technology and the End of Authority: What Is Government For? here on Amazon Canada

References from Episode 5 with Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak:

  • You can purchase Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak’s book Population Bombed!: Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change on Amazon Canada at this link.
  •  You can read Thomas Malthus’ book An Essay on the Principle of Population here.
  • You can read Garrett Hardin’s article Lifeboat Ethics here.
  • You can read Matt Ridley’s article How Technology Evolves here.
  • You can purchase the book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund on Amazon Canada at this link.

References from Episode 4 with James Harrigan:

  • You can read more about James Madison’s thoughts on the importance of checks and balances, which James Harrigan refers to during the podcast, at this link. 
  • You can read The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison for free on the online Library of Congress here.
  • Herbert Croly’s book The Promise of American Life that James mentioned on the podcast can be purchased on Amazon Canada here.
  • You can read more about Modern Monetary Theory here.

References from Episode 3 with Jacob T. Levy:

  • Check out the article Political Libertarianism by Jacob T. Levy here
  • Buy the book Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom by Jacob T. Levy here

References from Episode 2 with Peter Jaworski:

  • Buy the book Markets Without Limits here
  • Check out the Donation Ethics website here

References from Episode 1 with Nigel Ashford: 

  • More on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case here
  • Read up on the Doing Business Index rankings here
  • Read On Liberty by John Stuart Mill here