Emily Nacol — Is Politics Risky Business?

Alex Aragona speaks with Emily Nacol as she breaks down both the origins and contemporary puzzles of the concept of risk.

References

1. "An Age of Risk: Politics and Economy in Early Britain" by Emily Nacol

Link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691165103/an-age-of-risk?srsltid=AfmBOoqPrhGB4AqvPOCalJPxFfkdI6iTXt5dkYsLvm5jCerE2A063rcP 

2. “Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes 

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1680920960 

3. “Second Treatise of Government” by John Locke

Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7370/7370-h/7370-h.htm 

4. “A Treatise of Human Nature” by David Hume 

Link: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/bigge-a-treatise-of-human-nature 

5. “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith 

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Wealth-Nations-Adam-Smith/dp/1680920960