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A podcast about world affairs created by the students and faculty of the International Relations program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Each month, we will investigate a pressing topic in world affairs. The episodes are created and hosted by students in the IR program and will feature interviews with experts, as well as music, poetry, and other non-scholarly ways to examine the topic at hand.
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Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Global Capitalism and the Ethics of Adam Smith
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
This episode explores the moral philosophies of Adam Smith, considered to be the father of modern capitalism. Yalemwork Teferra interviews Prof. Vikash Yadav to discuss the Smith’s ethical framework that often gets erased by many contemporary economists. They explore the ways in which modern capitalism has evolved with globalization and how it has strayed from ideological Smithian conceptions of free trade and the global market. Yalemwork is joined by hosts Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Kevin Dunn as they reflect on consumer culture and corporate responsibility, consumer culture and its global impacts.
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