How we all fell for The Big Myth (with Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer · Mar 28, 2023 · 41m

When did ordinary people come to believe that free market solutions are always better than government intervention? How do we create a future where markets serve democracy instead of stifling it? In this episode we’re talking about the “magic” of the marketplace and the myth that the free market is ruthlessly efficient and always knows best. The co-authors of The Big Myth explain exactly how American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market.

Naomi Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her opinion pieces have appeared in the New York…