Martha Nussbaum on Alexander Hamilton

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🗓️ 10 July 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Martha Nussbaum, professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Alexander Hamilton. Nussbaum talks about the tension between acquiring power and living a life of virtue. The topics discussed include Hamilton's relationship with Aaron Burr, Burr's complicated historical legacy, and the role of the humanities in our lives.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.5	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:13.1	Our website is econtalk.org, where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:18.1	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.0	You'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done
0:25.2	going back to 2006.
0:27.5	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:30.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:31.7	Today is June 20th, 2017.
0:36.4	And my guest is Martha Nussbaum.
0:38.6	The Ernst Freund, Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the law
0:42.8	school and philosophy department at the University of Chicago.
0:46.6	She appeared on econ talk in September of 2014 to talk about her book Creating Capabilities.
0:52.3	Our topic for today is Alexander Hamilton, the man, and especially the musical, and the
0:57.8	ideas in that musical based on an essay that she wrote, Hamilton's Choice, that appeared
1:03.1	in the Boston Review.
1:04.6	Martha, welcome back to econ talk.
1:06.2	Well, thanks very much.
1:07.2	It's good to be back.
1:09.2	Before we begin, I want to remind listeners that there may be some spoilers ahead about
1:13.1	the musical, or Hamilton's Life.
1:15.4	If you don't know what happens to him in the end of his life, you might want to miss this
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