Greg Collins on Burke’s Political Economy, Capitalism and the State, and the Importance of “Manners”

In This Episode:

• Greg Collins joins the podcast to discuss his book, Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy
• how traditional society gave rise to market societies and property rights, and how Burke’s defense of economic liberty differed from that of Adam Smith
• how the rise of capitalism is coterminous with the rise of the modern state and administrative powers

Texts Mentioned:

• Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy by Greg Collins
• Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
• Thoughts and Details on Scarcity  by Edmund Burke
• The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
• Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
• Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings by Alexis de Tocqueville

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