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20 - Do Free Markets Make Free Humans? Interview with Jeffrey Bercuson

Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

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Jeffrey Barkison has just written a book called A History of Political Thought, Property, Labor, and Commerce. It's run through the history of political thought with 13 chapters each devoted to a different author. The central thematic concern is market society; what do these philosophers have to say about human nature? In some cases, commerce pulls us away from that good life,. And in other cases, it's an essential part of it.

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