Nov 20, 2019
James and Antony record before a live audience at Truman State University, asking the question, “Is Capitalism moral?” Their answer wends its way through the definition of morality, whether morality requires a religious basis, whether markets beget or reflect morality, whether self-interest is immoral or a motivator that can be harnessed to encourage people to want to help each other.
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Chicago library drops fines
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chicago-first-to-ditch-overdue-library-fees/
Ohio allows wrong answers
https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-student-religious-liberties-act-1472008
Foolishness of the week
Billionaires’ tears
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Topic of the week: The morality of capitalism
Paul Ryan’s Catholicism and the poor
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444375104577592892933747400
Ethics and the economy
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20753439?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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