This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The panel is "Theological Perspectives on the Market," and the speakers are:
John Robinson (James Madison University) - "Scarcity, Isolation, and Dependence: Economic Insight in CS Lewis's The Great Divorce"
Erik Matson (Mercatus Center) - "Economics and Evil"
Paul Radich (Catholic University of America) - "From the Invisible Hand to the Inexorable Hammer: Cosmological Affinity between Adam Smith and Karl Marx"
Dylan Pahman (Acton Institute) - "The Fourth Face of Power: Toward a Pure Theory of Friendship"
If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/
0:00 Episode Introduction
1:56 Panel Introduction
4:15 Robinson
15:30 Matson
32:47 Radich
47:28 Pahman
1:07:31 Q & A
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