Alexander Salter on Distributism, Common Good Capitalism, and Wilhelm Röpke

Conservative Conversations with ISI

In this episode:

• Alexander Salter, professor of economics at Texas Tech University, joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Political Economy of Distributism
• how capitalism does or does not support the common good of society, and how the re-emergence of discourse about the common good in politics can be bolstered by returning to the distributist writers
• what Wilhelm Röpke contributed to both economic science and towards creating a “humane economy,” and why we need to read him today

Texts Mentioned:

• The Political Economy of Distributism by Alexander Salter
• “Catholic Social Doctrine and the Dignity of Work” by Sen. Marco Rubio
• The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc
• The Outline of Sanity by G.K. Chesterton
• A Humane Economy by Wilhelm Röpke
• awsalter.com

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