Americans have absorbed the “Protestant work ethic” — the idea that our value as human beings is determined by how hard we work and how much money we make. Elizabeth Anderson explains how this evolved, why it pervades everything, and why it sucks.

Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area

Guest: Elizabeth Anderson, professor of public philosophy at the University of Michigan.

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