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Episode 145: Morality and Economics

Words & Numbers

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The Power of Profit

Jeffrey Toobin: Pro-socialists misappreciate the depth of human self-interest. He says it's impossible to predict what we need to do today to make the world better 10 years from now. The best way to approach it is to let lots of people try different things, he says.Toobin: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. That's an incredibly powerful sentence and probably made more of a difference in this world than any other sentence.

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