Tag: Jerry Muller

The Hard Truth about Economic Inequality that Both the Left and Right Ignore

Apr 11, 2013

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, History, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Weatlh and Income Distribution

PBS Newshour: The Hard Truth about Economic Inequality that Both the Left and Right Ignore Jerry Muller is one of my favorite economic historians. This piece offers an insightful analysis of inequality in advanced market economies. As I read this piece, I kept thinking back to Robert Fogel's (another favorite economic historian) The Fourth Great…
How Capitalism Widens Community and Individualism

Nov 4, 2010

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Sociology, Theology

I'm presently reading Jerry Muller's Capitalism and the Jews. It is a fascinating book, and I expect to blog more about it shortly. But for today, I thought I'd highlight this insightful passage where Muller is summarizing the ideas of sociologist Georg Simmel (1858-1918). While Simmel could at times echo the complaints of cultural pessimists…