Money, Power, and Freedom: Meditations on Ethics and Political Economy

Why does the federal government always seem to have funds available for weapons of war and big bank bailouts, while supposedly lacking the money for progressive programs like universal healthcare and a Green New Deal? The National Debt is wielded selectively by the Washington establishment as a cudgel to curtail social spending, but we can fight back by removing the ideological veil from money and understanding how it actually works. This talk will explore these issues and others in an examination of some of the ethical dimensions of our capitalist economy.

Dom Eggert is an author and editor, currently working for a major test prep company in a managerial role. He studied philosophy for nearly a decade at Pennsylvania State University and Vanderbilt University.