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Radical Capitalist Episode #119: Pursuing Wealth, the Morality of Finance

Yaron Brook discusses his new book "In Pursuit of Wealth", the morality of finance, free markets, savings, insurance and using debt to fund consumption.  Does finance give you piece of mind?  What would the world be like without Finance? What happens when Finance is regulated? 

Service: Spreaker
Publshed on: Sep 24, 2017
Duration: 01:13:17
Channels
The Yaron Brook Show


Segments
The historical and modern treatment of finance in politics and the culture
00:19 to 09:30
9.2 minutes
commercial Break
09:31 to 10:05
34 seconds
Yaron's upcoming book: “In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance”
10:15 to 12:22
2.1 minutes
Finance as depicted in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life"
movies
12:23 to 14:35
2.2 minutes
The role of profit and loss in mortgages and lending
finance
14:35 to 19:30
4.9 minutes
commercial break
19:35 to 20:07
32 seconds
individual benefits and long-term gains from finance: invest and save; rational, long-term self-interest in finance
20:08 to 28:36
8.5 minutes
Commercial break
28:37 to 29:12
35 seconds
origins of banking; morality of profit
finance
29:13 to 36:16
7.1 minutes
Commercial Break
36:17 to 36:54
37 seconds
Interrelationship between financial market and economy; Sarbanes-Oxley
regulationfinance
36:55 to 46:29
9.6 minutes
commercial Break
46:30 to 47:00
30 seconds
Financial markets and human flourishing; American financial success in late 20th c.
finance
47:01 to 56:09
9.1 minutes
commercial break
56:10 to 56:46
36 seconds
dealing with risk in finance and financial tools like derivatives
56:47 to 01:04:39
7.9 minutes
Commercial break
01:04:40 to 01:05:16
36 seconds
Financiers and Financial Markets as value-creators; Great Depression & 2008 crisis
01:05:17 to N/A
8.0 minutes