The American Compass Podcast
Our mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity. The American Compass Podcast features conversations on a wide variety of policy issues aimed at helping policymakers and the broader public navigate the most pressing issues that will define the future of the conservative movement in America.
The American Compass Podcast
The Poverty of Consumption with Philip Pilkington
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Economists have claimed for years that Americans are prospering more than ever before. So why do so few people feel that way?
Philip Pilkington, author of the forthcoming The Collapse of Global Liberalism, joins Oren to discuss how these economic metrics are obscuring real problems. The two challenge the assumption that consumption is an unalloyed good and discuss the need to think about our nation's economic health in a way that centers human flourishing.
Further reading:
- “The Limits of Consumption Deepening: Why Consuming More Makes Us Poorer” by Philip Pilkington