The In-House Ethicist
The In-House Ethicist
John Paul Rollert
The kids are alright
17 minutes Posted Jan 16, 2025 at 10:00 am.
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What is within the power of free markets? What can capitalism do for society, what can't it do, and what should it do? On this episode of the The In-House Ethicist, Booth's John Paul Rollert explores how many people came to have an unshakeable faith in capitalism's broad ability to solve nearly any problem, while the experience of others has left them skeptical. In the era after "the end of history," capitalism's defenders need to reckon earnestly with a series of questions about what the system may leave unresolved, he says.