American Pragmatism and Political Economy

Ride the Wave

Reflections on the present moment and Romans 8:18-24 Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08_-_David_Bowman_se_fue_del_Tiempo.ogg]Roosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison, 1912. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/ [https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com [https://upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

MLK's Call to Conservatives

We build on Part I in order to make the following argument: Dr. King’s message to moderates in 1963 defines a path between extremes that those who consider themselves moderates or conservatives today, in 2025, desperately need to hear. This new path for conservatives consists of three key elements: First, a commitment to Christian faith and a faith in America; Second, a real concern for justice; and Third, a commitment to the practices of observation and empathy. Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08_-_David_Bowman_se_fue_del_Tiempo.ogg]Roosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison, 1912. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/9 [https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com [https://upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

MLK's Message to Moderates

Read the Dr. King’s text in full here [https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf]. Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08_-_David_Bowman_se_fue_del_Tiempo.ogg]Roosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison, 1912. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/ [https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com [https://upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

American Pragmatism and Political Economy

Final part of our series on theories of political economy. This is a bit of a “cheat,” since pragmatism isn’t a popular theory of political economy, but I make an argument that it gives a name to a space where the vast majority of Americans locate themselves—between more radical ideologies, but resonating with at least some of the societal critiques from more radical voices. Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08_-_David_Bowman_se_fue_del_Tiempo.ogg]Roosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison, 1912. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/ [https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com [https://upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

A Texan Reads Marx

We build on the previous episode on anarcho-capitalism by discussing “socialism,” as it appears in the writing of its opponents, in the context of 18th-19th century history, and through the philosophy of Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08_-_David_Bowman_se_fue_del_Tiempo.ogg]Roosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison, 1912. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/ [https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/]. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com [https://upbuildingdiscourses.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]