Navigating Social Realms: Microcosmos vs. Macrocosmos

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 Today, I am excited to host Anna Claire Flowers to discuss F. A. Hayek and the mesocosmos. The mesocosmos is a fancy way to describe all the social groupings on the spectrum between the extremes of individualism and society. Think families, neighborhoods, farmers markets, firms, and universities. 

We talk about the importance of characterizing this missing middle piece of social organization and how it can resolve issues than a single individual or government can. She characterizes some of the important aspects of these associations for us. We talk about the family's role in particular, and what benefits it brings to individuals and society. 

Anna Claire Flowers is pursuing a PhD in Economics from George Mason University. She is a PhD Fellow with the Mercatus Center and a Graduate Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for 2024-2025.


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• Bruce Caldwell on Hayek: A Life, a Great Antidote podcast.
• Amy Willis, Could Too Much Division of Labor be Bad? at Speaking of Smith.
• Dan Klein on Hayek and the Band Man, a Great Antidote podcast.
• Viviana Zelizer on Money and Intimacy, an EconTalk podcast. 
• Profile in Liberty, Friedrich A. Hayek, at Econlib.

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