Greg Collins on Burke’s Political Economy, Capitalism and the State, and the Importance of “Manners”
November 22, 2022
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In This Episode:
- Greg Collins joins the podcast to discuss his book, Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy
- how traditional society gave rise to market societies and property rights, and how Burke’s defense of economic liberty differed from that of Adam Smith
- how the rise of capitalism is coterminous with the rise of the modern state and administrative powers
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