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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Greg Collins on Burke’s Political Economy, Capitalism and the State, and the Importance of “Manners”
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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
Texts Mentioned:
- Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy by Greg Collins
- Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
- Thoughts and Details on Scarcity by Edmund Burke
- The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings by Alexis de Tocqueville
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