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The Liberal Currents Podcast

LC Podcast #2: Sam Hammond on Capitalism and Social Justice

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Does capitalism promote social justice? In this second episode of The Liberal Currents Podcast (maybe its real name), Samuel Hammond advances the absurd thesis that it often does. The conversation draws on his widely shared article “Sorry, Pepsi Haters, But Social Justice Needs Capitalism.”

Featured image credit to Isaías Campbell.

Authors

Jason Briggeman is senior editor for Liberal Currents. Previously he taught economics at Austin Community College.

Samuel Hammond is a Poverty and Welfare Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center.