20 - Do Free Markets Make Free Humans? Interview with Jeffrey Bercuson
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
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Social Integration and Self-Realization in the Market
Hegel argues that the market isn't just important because it creates prosperity, but is a social institution. When individuals take part in it, we are trading with each other and making connections socially. It kind of has a social integration aspect, but there's also a self-realization aspect. We get to know ourselves. And so it's kind of like self-realized, recognition, and this is a large part of what we're doing in commercial activity.
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