Podcast appearances and mentions of Benjamin M Friedman

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How much did the religious beliefs of the Enlightenment Age influence the evolution of modern economic theory? Can widespread economic growth lead to an improvement in moral character across a vast population? Benjamin M. Friedman is a professor and former Chair of Economics at Harvard University. In his books Religion and the Rise of Capitalism and The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, he explores the relationship between economic theory, religious thought, and views of moral progress.Benjamin chats with Greg about how the Scottish Enlightenment, in particular, became a hub for social scientific thought, what the belief in Calvinism had to do with the rise of capitalism and the correlation between economic growth and positive moral changes in society.  *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Predictable pathologies01:01:20: The fact that there's a lot of ungenerosity in our society, the fact that we have renewed racial tensions, the fact that there's a lot of antipathy toward immigrants, the fact that large numbers of people in our country are not particularly committed to the fundamentals of American democracy that we've had for a very long time—all these are not just pathologies. They are predictable pathologies. They are the symptoms that emerge whenever we go through a lengthy period, like 18 years, in which the broad bulk of society doesn't have any improvement in its living standard.The cause and effect of our acts and works34:26: The fact that people can and sometimes do make other people better off through actions, which are not self-interested behavior doesn't preclude the fact that people also can make others better off under the right conditions by acting in a way that's self-interested.Is economic growth consistent with the improvement of human moral character?58:33: I believe that economic growth, by which I mean rises sustained, increases improvements in living standards, broadly distributed among the population. That is the condition under which society is able to move forward in a variety of non-material dimensions that, ever since the Enlightenment, we've taken to be morally positive.Economics is a product of the Enlightenment06:09: Economics is a part of the Enlightenment, and we do normally think of the Enlightenment as a movement away from conceptions of a God-centered universe toward what we, in our modern vocabulary, would call secular humanism. And so I don't think people who have the conventional view are being stupid, obtuse, or ignorant, but I do think it is wrong. And that's what the book was about: showing that the conventional view, which excludes any role for religious thinking in the origins of modern Western economics, is seriously incomplete.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Adam SmithDavid Hume Newton's Principia MathematicaDeism and Benjamin Franklin Charles DarwinThomas Robert MalthusAlbert EinsteinThe Fable of the Bees by Bernard MandevilleMax WeberFrancis WaylandJohn McVickarFrancis BowenGreg's conversation with William BernsteinRichard ElyHenry Ward BeecherGuest Profile:Faculty Profile at Harvard UniversityProfessional Profile on National Bureau of Economic ResearchProfessional Profile on American Academy of Arts and SciencesHis Work:Religion and the Rise of Capitalism The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth More publications

In this episode, Ed talks with Andre Fowlkes, the President of Start Co. Andre calls Start Co. a venture architect company and you're about to hear what that involves as well as the vision they have for the city of Memphis.Show LinksEd GillentineEdGillentine.comInstagram: @journey.to.impactStart Co.www.neverstop.coBooksJourney To Impact by Ed GillentineThe Moral Consequences of Economic Growth by Benjamin M. Friedman

For this special Christmas week episode, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Benjamin M. Friedman, the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy and former chair of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, who discusses his new book Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf.  Topics of discussion include the perception that any challenge to a market-centered conduct of economic affairs is a fundamental threat to our lives, how economic thinking is rooted in religious thinking, belief in free markets, England's bishops as "Retainers to Superstition", why some low-income Americans don't want higher taxes on high-income Americans, how Adam Smith inspired Ronald Reagan, cryptocurrencies, and much more.  Copies of Religion and the Rise of Capitalism can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

Dr. Benjamin M. Friedman is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, and the former Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1972. As one the the leading economic thinkers of our time, he has written extensively on issues of economic policy, and is a frequent contributor to national publications, especially The New York Review of Books. 

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Lo scorso 20 aprile, Stroncature ha ospitato la presentazione del volume “Religion and the Rise of Capitalism” di Benjamin M. Friedman. Con l'autore dialogano Amedeo Lepore, David McCreery e Gianni Toniolo. Modera Vincenzo Pascale.

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I interview Harvard economist Dr. Benjamin M. Friedman about his new book Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. To buy this book click here. Plus: Donald Trump gets impeached. Again. For inciting the riot at the US Capitol. And his impeachment trial begins in the Senate on February 9th. The Justice Department should show no mercy to the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6th, to send a message to their fellow travelers that the United States will not tolerate such violence and intimidation. President Biden's inauguration had more God talk (by far) than any presidential inauguration in modern times. Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC) wants to adopt "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" as the National Hymn. Just...no. Theme music courtesy of Body Found. Follow American Freethought on the intertubes: Website: AmericanFreethought.com  Twitter: @AMERFREETHOUGHT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21523473365/ Libsyn Classic Feed: https://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Contact: john@americanfreethought.com Support the Podcast: PayPal funds to sniderishere@gmail.com

Benjamin M. Friedman is widely recognised as one of the world's leading macroeconomists. He is currently the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/ben-friedman

Benjamin M. Friedman is widely recognised as one of the world's leading macroeconomists. He is currently the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/ben-friedman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brink Lindsey joins us this week to talk about his idea for an alliance between liberals and libertarians in the age of Trump-style conservative populism.Where did the idea for liberaltarianism come from? How will Donald Trump’s presidency affect libertarians’ relationship with liberals and progressives?Show Notes and Further ReadingHere’s Brink Lindsey’s Vox article, “Liberals and libertarians should unite to block Trump’s extremism.”See also this article by Lindsey that appeared in the New Republic in 2006 that first coined the term “liberaltarian.”Here’s our previous Free Thoughts episode with Lindsey on income inequality.Lindsey mentions this book, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (2006), by Benjamin M. Friedman.Here is Lindsey’s 2015 study, “Low-Hanging Fruit Guarded by Dragons: Reforming Regressive Regulation to Boost U.S. Economic Growth.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.