I, Smartphone: The Power of the Free Market with Lawrence W. Reed

About this episode

Jonathan Fortier talks with Lawrence Reed about the themes of free markets as explored in Reed's essay, 'I, Smartphone'.

In this episode Jonathan Fortier talks with Lawrence Reed about his essay, "I, Smartphone", which revisits the themes of Leonard Read's famous essay, "I, Pencil" for contemporary audiences. Their conversation explores the incredible complexity and power of free markets and the foundational principles that allow those markets to function most successfully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Fortier

Guest: Lawrence Reed

Topics covered

• free market
• economics
• complexity
• libertarianism
• principles of markets

Keywords

• free market
• Lawrence Reed
• I, Smartphone
• I, Pencil
• economics
• libertarianism
• market principles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Libertarianism.org

Books & works: I, Smartphone, I, Pencil

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