Vocation in Middle-Earth: On Shire Economics and How Bilbo Got His Money
About this episode
The episode explores the origins of Bilbo's wealth and the economic structure of the Shire.
Getting a little more serious on the topic of vocation, we try to actually answer the listener-submitted question: where did Bilbo (and his family) get their money from? What did he do for work (if anything)? This leads us into broader questions about the nature of the whole Shire economy and what sorts of jobs other Hobbits might be found doing.
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