Capitalism, Government, and the Good Society

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🗓️ 4 September 2013

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

On April 10, 2013, Liberty Fund and Butler University sponsored a symposium, "Capitalism, Government, and the Good Society." The evening began with solo presentations by the three participants--Michael Munger of Duke University, Robert Skidelsky of the University of Warwick, and Richard Epstein of New York University. (Travel complications forced the fourth invited participant, James Galbraith of the University of Texas, to cancel.) Each speaker gave his own interpretation of the appropriate role for government in the economy and in our lives. This was followed by a lively conversation on the topic moderated by Russ Roberts of Stanford University, host of the weekly podcast, EconTalk. A video of the event along with other materials is available at http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/09/capitalism_gove.html .

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:06.4	I'm your host Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:11.0	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:16.0	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:19.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:23.3	back to 2006.
0:25.4	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:28.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:40.0	It's a pleasure to be here on the campus of Butler University for this event.
0:43.8	Capitalism, Government in the Good Society, sponsored by Butler University and Liberty Fund.
0:49.0	My name is Russ Roberts.
0:50.0	I'm a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and host of the weekly
0:54.9	podcast econtalk, which is part of the Library of Economics and Liberty, which is sponsored
0:59.9	by Liberty Fund.
1:00.9	I want to begin our program by introducing Chuck Williams, Dean of the College of Business
1:05.8	here at Butler University and Chris Talley, President of Liberty Fund.
1:10.3	Please welcome him.
1:19.8	Good afternoon.
1:20.8	I'm Chuck Williams, Dean of Butler University's College of Business, and is indeed my pleasure
1:25.9	to welcome you to Butler University's Clues Hall for a panel discussion of Capitalism,
1:30.9	Government, and the Good Society.
1:33.8	Today our esteemed panel of leading thinkers will address and debate the role Capitalism
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