The Paleo Solution – Episode 390 – Peter Jaworski – Markets

This week on Episode 390 of The Paleo Solution Podcast we have Prof. Peter Jaworski. Prof. Jaworski is an Assistant Teaching Professor teaching business ethics. He was a Visiting Research Professor at Brown University, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Wooster, and an Instructor at Bowling Green State University. He is also author of the book Markets without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests.

Show Notes:

00:00 – Pre-Intro/Summary
4:04 – Intro, Markets
7:30 – Morality and disgust
9:30 – Medicine and health care
11:55 – Why is it so hard to have a conversation about health care, markets, and morality?
13:30 – Rise in cost in certain sectors
16:25 – Decentralized market experiments
17:50 – Telemedicine and medical tourism
19:13 – Medical product market across borders, and payment for blood plasma
25:28 – Markets don’t affect wrong or right
29:00 – Market outcomes affecting morality
30:05 – Anti-market attitudes, evolution, and collectivism
34:45 – Dunbar’s Number
37:40 – Where you can find Peter and his book

Website: marketswithoutlimits.com

Book: Markets without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests