Growth and the Character of Society, With Benjamin Friedman

Economics is about more than the economy. It also intersects public and private institutions, culture, religion, morality, and politics. Rob and Jackie explored these subjects with Benjamin Friedman, a professor of Political Economy at Harvard and author of The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth and Religion and the Rise of Capitalism.

Mentioned:

• Benjamin Friedman, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (Vintage: 2022).
• Benjamin Friedman, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (Vintage: 2006).
• Robert D. Atkinson, “The Abandonment of Growth and the Decline of the West,” The Independent Review, Vol. 2, no. 2, Fall 2022.
• Benjamin Carter Hett, The Death of Democracy (Macmillan: 2018)