📚 3 Books mentioned in "Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt | People I (Mostly) Admire | Ep 90" of People I (Mostly) Admire

I personally know at least a dozen people who became vegetarian after they read his book, Animal Liberation.

Steve Levitt discusses how Peter Singer's book 'Animal Liberation' has motivated many individuals to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle.

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I was recently rereading the latest edition of your book, Animal Liberation, which was from 2015, and in the preface, you note the fact that meat consumption in the US, which had been rising for decades, suddenly fell every year from 2008 to 2015.

In a conversation about meat consumption trends in America, Steve Levitt mentions Peter Singer's book 'Animal Liberation', highlighting insights from the latest edition released in 2015.

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You're referring to the Adam Smith of The Wealth of Nations, but there's also the Adam Smith of The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

In the podcast, the host highlights that in addition to 'The Wealth of Nations,' there is another important work by Adam Smith titled 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'

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Adam Smith's book, The Wealth of Nations, laid out what's called the Invisible Hand Theory, which is the idea that in a market setting, if every individual pursues their own self-interest, the market equilibrium is one that has many amazing characteristics.

In this segment, Steve Levitt discusses the Invisible Hand Theory from Adam Smith's book, The Wealth of Nations, emphasizing how individual self-interest in a market can lead to beneficial outcomes.

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