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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 631 Do Economics and the Virtues Intersect?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Do economics and the virtues have anything to do with one another? How do we reply to those who would say that capitalism and virtue can hardly be mentioned in the same sentence? Is economics a moral science? A highly engaging conversation that wrestles with some darn good questions.

Show notes for Ep. 631

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 631.

0:03.6

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0:08.0

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0:14.7

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0:40.6

Hi, everybody, Tom Woods here, talking about the intersection of economics and the virtues today

0:46.5

with two guests who, in fact, are editors of a brand new volume just out from Oxford University

0:53.4

Press called Economics and the Virtues,

0:56.4

building a new moral foundation. And we're joined today by Jennifer Baker and Mark White.

1:01.9

Jennifer Baker is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of Charleston. And Mark White is a

1:08.6

professor and chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York.

1:15.0

I will be linking to their book at tomwoods.com slash 631.

1:21.5

Jennifer and Mark, welcome to the show.

1:23.8

Thank you, Tom.

1:24.7

It's very rare, not absolutely unheard of, but very rare that I have two guests on simultaneously.

1:30.5

But why not, right?

1:31.6

I mean, you're both the brains behind this project.

1:35.7

So let's talk to both of you.

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