The Market Forces Aren't Going to Punish You, Right?

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i'm not such a libertarian that i'm unilaterally opposed, you know, taxing the rich more or whatever. That just might be a social signal that we think distinctions are relevant and madder that there just should be a cap to them. The primary thing driving it, to me, is not wile the market's they're doing itu it's the way we navigate that and am in this chaange.

Author, economist, and theologian Mary Hirschfeld of Villanova University talks about her book, Aquinas and the Market, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hirschfeld looks at the nature of our economic activity as buyers and sellers and whether our pursuit of economic growth and material well-being comes at a cost. She encourages a skeptical stance about the ability of more stuff to produce true happiness and/or satisfaction. The conversation includes a critique of economic theory and the aspect of human satisfaction outside the domain of economists.