James Brusseau's guest appearances

James Brusseau

Economic Rockstar

Hopping Mad with Will McLeod & Arliss Bunny

Leaders of Analytics

Mark Thornton

Roger Whitney

Deirdre McCloskey

Bryan Caplan

Chris Coyne

Steve Horwitz

Kevin Kelly

Genghis Khan

Jim Rogers

Todd Tresidder

Robin Hanson

Russ Roberts

Daron Acemoglu

Arnold Kling

Morten Jerven

OwlTail

20 June 2016 - Both of the main topics this week, inequality through the lens of philosophy and Brexit, ended up stretching me to a new perspective. In both cases I default to the economics and the associated numbers but it turns out this wasn't the week for that. Dr. James Brusseau is an author, a professor at Pace University and recently hosted a new documentary, the Wealth Inequality Workshop. Most people think about inequality in terms of the political sphere or the economic sphere but James brings a new voice, philosophy, into the conversation and in so doing the realization that the reason so many of us talk past one another on this topic is because we are starting from opposing perspectives on the equality/freedom continuum. Once you listen I suspect you too will be surprised at where you find yourself in the end.Will and I are both on Brexit this week. I thought I was going to be talking about Brexit economics but following a Twitter conversation with a listener I ended up really thinking about the emotional content that has come to be so closely wrapped into Brexit. I tried to think about it in several different ways, as an MMT wonk, as a pragmatist and as just a feeling being. All of this was made immeasurably more sad by the assassination of Labour MP Jo Cox (photo above). Her loving, generous, brave life was taken by a man acting on a wave of the current of hate which is insidiously sweeping through the Leave side of the referendum. It's easy to recognize because it is here in the US too, in the campaign of Donald Trump and even, to a lesser degree, in that of Bernie Sanders. As is the first line of the editorial in The Guardian about Jo's death, "The slide from civilization to barbarism is shorter than we might like to imagine."#MoreInCommon - Carrots! Arliss

20 June 2016 - Both of the main topics this week, inequality through the lens of philosophy and Brexit, ended up stretching me to a new perspective. In both cases I default to the economics and the associated numbers but it turns out this wasn't the week for that. Dr. James Brusseau is an author, a professor at Pace University and recently hosted a new documentary, the Wealth Inequality Workshop. Most people think about inequality in terms of the political sphere or the economic sphere but James brings a new voice, philosophy, into the conversation and in so doing the realization that the reason so many of us talk past one another on this topic is because we are starting from opposing perspectives on the equality/freedom continuum. Once you listen I suspect you too will be surprised at where you find yourself in the end. Will and I are both on Brexit this week. I thought I was going to be talking about Brexit economics but following a Twitter conversation with a listener I ended up really thinking about the emotional content that has come to be so closely wrapped into Brexit. I tried to think about it in several different ways, as an MMT wonk, as a pragmatist and as just a feeling being. All of this was made immeasurably more sad by the assassination of Labour MP Jo Cox (photo above). Her loving, generous, brave life was taken by a man acting on a wave of the current of hate which is insidiously sweeping through the Leave side of the referendum. It's easy to recognize because it is here in the US too, in the campaign of Donald Trump and even, to a lesser degree, in that of Bernie Sanders. As is the first line of the editorial in The Guardian about Jo's death, "The slide from civilization to barbarism is shorter than we might like to imagine." #MoreInCommon - Carrots! Arliss

Dr. James Brusseau on Inequality & Philosophy

Dr. James Brusseau is a philosopher specializing in contemporary continental philosophy, history of philosophy and ethics.  In 1994 James joined the faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the Mexican National University in Mexico City teaching graduate courses in Philosophy and Comparative Literature.  He has also taught in Europe and the California State University.  Dr. James Brusseau currently teaches at Pace University in New York City. James is the author of four books: Isolated Experiences, Decadence of the French Knee Chaa (Nietzsche), Empire of Humiliation and Business Ethics Workshop, Flat World Knowledge, 2011 He is also the host for The Wealth Inequality Workshop at wealthinequalityworkshop.org Check out the show notes page for all the links, books and resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/jamesbrusseau

Dr. James Brusseau is a philosopher specializing in contemporary continental philosophy, history of philosophy and ethics.  In 1994 James joined the faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the Mexican National University in Mexico City teaching graduate courses in Philosophy and Comparative Literature.  He has also taught in Europe and the California State University.  Dr. James Brusseau currently teaches at Pace University in New York City. James is the author of four books: Isolated Experiences, Decadence of the French Knee Chaa (Nietzsche), Empire of Humiliation and Business Ethics Workshop, Flat World Knowledge, 2011 He is also the host for The Wealth Inequality Workshop at <a href="http://www.wealthinequalityworkshop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wealthinequalityworkshop.org</a> Check out the show notes page for all the links, books and resources mentioned in this episode at <a href="http://www.economicrockstar.com/jamesbrusseau" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.economicrockstar.com/jamesbrusseau</a>

089: James Brusseau on Wealth Inequality and the Accursed Share