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)