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Ep. 90 - The Overwhelming Beauty of Free Markets | Jeffrey Tucker

Ep. 90 - The Overwhelming Beauty of Free Markets | Jeffrey Tucker

FromPatterson in Pursuit


Ep. 90 - The Overwhelming Beauty of Free Markets | Jeffrey Tucker

FromPatterson in Pursuit

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
May 27, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week's interview is with Jeff Tucker. We're talking about how capitalism fits into the bigger picture. Libertarians tend to assume that everybody values the creation of wealth, and therefore free markets are important. But why make this assumption? Perhaps free markets create wealth at the cost of personal or spiritual impoverishment. What to think about this objection? We also address the staggering beauty and complexity of free markets, illustrated in proper Jeff Tucker style: by telling the romantic story of tuna fish in a vending machine.  
Released:
May 27, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Interviews with intellectuals from across the globe. Exploring philosophy, politics, religion, and rationalism. Steve Patterson is an independent philosopher currently traveling the world to interview people in the pursuit of truth. Topics include logic and epistemology, skepticism, metaphysics, ethics, science and religion, truth, Christianity, Buddhism, atheism, culture, economics, the philosophy of mathematics, and every other topic that's important to humans.