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10. James Otteson - Seven Deadly Economic Sins

Jul 18, 2022

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Adam Smith's Moral Sentiments

02:19

Is Herbert Spencer's Law of Equal Freedom a Good Idea?

01:31

Is There a Moral Importance in Having So Few Options?

03:50

Introduction

3min

Adam Smith's Moral Sentiments

2min

The Seven Deadly Sins

3min

The First Economic Deadly Sin

6min

Is It Worth Being Concerned About Positive-Sum Transactions?

4min

Is There a Moral Importance in Having So Few Options?

4min

Is There a Consensus About That?

2min

Is the Moral Way to Treat People a Good Idea?

3min

Are We All Just Jumping for Joy?

5min

10.

The Kuznetz Curve

4min

11.

Wealth Can Be Its Own Worst Enemy

2min

12.

Adam Smith's Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

3min

13.

People Over Profits - Is That a Confusion?

4min

14.

The Equal Moral Agency Principle

5min

15.

The Greatest Thinker in Political Economy, Aristotle, and Hume

2min

16.

Opportunity Costs

2min

17.

Is Herbert Spencer's Law of Equal Freedom a Good Idea?

2min

18.

How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley

2min

19.

Is There a Redistribution of Wealth?

2min

20.

Audison's Seven Lethal Economic Sins, Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know

2min

James Otteson joins me to correct popular economic fallacies.

Today’s book: Seven Deadly Economic Sins

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Professor Otteson’s website & twitter

Other books by James Otteson

Other books discussed in the episode: How Innovation Works, The Great Leveler, The Bourgeois Virtues, & Economics in One Lesson

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