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Every book Benjamin Friedman recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Benjamin Friedman has recommended or discussed 1 book on podcasts, as of January 27, 2021.
- Benjamin Friedman has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of January 27, 2021.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of January 27, 2021.
- The book Benjamin Friedman has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 27, 2021: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Benjamin Friedman aired on January 27, 2021.
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Benjamin Friedman is an academic economist and author who appears on deep-dive interview programs like Conversations with Tyler to discuss economic history, intellectual traditions, and the cultural underpinnings of economic belief systems. During his podcast appearance, Friedman recommended significant works that examine the historical trajectory of capitalist development. He pointed listeners toward The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by his late colleague David S. Landes, describing it as a truly great book. Friedman discussed Landes's work in the context of exploring cultural influences on the development of markets, capitalism, and broader economic growth. By highlighting this text during the conversation, Friedman provided historical and academic depth to the discussion, pointing his audience toward seminal scholarship that analyzes why certain nations experienced distinct waves of economic progress based on cultural and institutional factors.
Books Benjamin Friedman recommended or discussed
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Recommended“another uh truly great book that i would point to along those lines is by my late colleague david landis who wrote about the cultural influence on the development of markets capitalism economic growth landis's book was very aptly titled the wealth and poverty of nations”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Friedman on the Origins of Economic Belief | Conversations with Tyler | 2021-01-27 | 1 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“in the first place what i suggest in my book is that we got those ideas 200 300 years ago from what were then new and hotly contended uh ideas within the about religion theology within the english-speaking protestant world in which people like adam smith and david hume lived”
“and maybe i should make clear that is not the subject of the book that i've just written what i've written is a book about the influence of religion on economic thinking”
“you know in the book that i've just written readers had grown up in a rigorous presbyterian sunday school the book would have been 100 pages shorter”