Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
Society & Culture:Philosophy
Matthew Stewart is a philosophy PhD and author. He’s also a Princeton guy and former management consultant so he knows rich people.
His new book, The 9.9%, is about them. Not the super-rich, but the doctors, lawyers and managers that go to good colleges and live in nice neighbourhoods. The “nearly rich and not-famous,” as he puts it.
We talk about how these people raise their kids, get their money and block the poorer element from their neighbourhoods. Matthew reckons the 9.9% are a new kind of aristocracy that’s entrenching inequality and making everyone hate parenting. In the end, it’s not really the white collar player he hates; it’s the game of inequality. Though he doesn’t sound very fond of the players either.
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24 - Plato's Republic 8: The Philosopher Kings
23 - Plato’s Republic 7: Socratic Family Values
22 - Thought Lab 1: The Dead Chicken Experiment
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15 - Interview: politics v. philosophy with Agnes Callard
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13 - Plato’s Republic 3: City of Pigs, Army of Dogs
12 - Interview: Paul Sagar, what's your problem with Plato?
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7 - Interview: Rebecca Goldstein
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