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If you believed the pundits, you’d think that America has always had one kind of economy; that our democracy has always relied upon the same kind of free market. But this isn’t the case. If you believe the politicians, you’d think capitalism and democracy are pretty much identical, that when you talk about one, you are really talking about the other. Are this episode of Why? Radio we are going take a journey through American history and examine the actual arguments that helped determine just what kind of economy America should have.
Mike O’Connor is an independent scholar who has taught U.S History at universities in New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. H e writing has appeared in the scholarly journal Contemporary Pragmatism and The Sixties and in the newspapers Austin American-Statesman and The Daily Texan. One of the original bloggers on the U.S. Intellectual History blog, O’Connor later founded (with several others) the Society for U.S. Intellectual History.
Here is a link to a video in which Mike is discussing the historical aspects of his book. Part 1, Part 2.
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Publication Date
7-13-2014
Publisher
Institute for Philosophy in Public Life
City
Grand Forks, ND
Keywords
United States--Economic policy ; Financial crises--United States
Disciplines
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Weinstein, Jack Russell and O'Conner, Mike, "Do we live in a commercial republic? A Discussion about American Government and its Economy" (2014). Why? Radio Podcast Archive. 68.
https://commons.und.edu/why-radio-archive/68