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So I wanted to remind people of the benefits of capitalism and get a few things out of my head that had been rattling around there for a long time.īrian Anderson: So the title of your book, The Visible Hand, of course, is a reference to Adam Smith's concept of the invisible hand. We hear a lot of criticism, almost constant criticism, of capitalism for its shortcomings, of which there are many, but very rarely do we, or too rarely do we hear out the benefits and the benefits are so extreme that we've come to take them for granted. And often we lose sight of how much good it's done for us. I guess the weather sometimes is called a system, but it's a set of objective realities that we live inside and around and which govern our choices. It's no more of a system than gravity is a system, or the weather is a system.

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I think that this is actually a pretty good time, it might always be a good time to remind people of the virtue of capitalism, the virtues of the free market system.

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So I have a little bit of a professional background in journalistic economics if that's a thing. I did study a little bit of economics and I do work for The Wall Street Journal. I'm not an economist, I'm a writer, I'm a journalist. And I think to my myself, 'Well, I might have a few things here to say that people might be interested in beyond this captive audience.' And I try to pull the thread and see if there's a big ball at the end of it. So I find myself the lecturing in the car or in the living room on a certain topic. The first victims of this idea usually are my family, my children. Matthew Hennessey: Well, I started writing the book for the same reason that I often set pen to paper, which is I get an idea in my head and I can't shake it. So what prompted you to write a book on this subject and how was your perspective on these issues formed and really what can a non-specialist bring to the topic of economics that a formally trained economist might overlook? Much of what you know about the topic you've learned through observation, self-guided study. In fact, you acknowledged that you once found economics somewhat intimidating. It's good to be back.īrian Anderson: So the book begins with an admission, you are not an economist. Matthew Hennessey: No, it's my pleasure, Brian. So Matt, thank you very much for joining us. Visible Hand offers a guide to basic economic principles and written in Matt's very punchy and clear English. Today we'll discuss his brand new book, which is coming out this April, Visible Hand, A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. Before he went to The Journal, Matt was an associate editor at City Journal where he wrote any number of articles for us on numerous topics. Joining me on the show today is an old friend, Matthew Hennessy, The Wall Street Journal's deputy op ed editor.

This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. Brian Anderson: Welcome back to the 10 Blocks Podcast.