Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How did Americans come to believe that markets were the answer to everything? Why don't people trust the government to efficiently allocate resources in a way that creates the greatest good? Who orchestrated this century-long con of the American people?
Dr. Naomi Oreskes and Dr. Erik Conway, co-authors of the eye-opening book "Merchants of Doubt", join the show to discuss their new book "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market." Our conversation only scratches the surface of everything they uncovered while trying to get to the origin of the market fundamentalism myth that has dominated American popular culture for the last 100 years, and how that myth has led to the climate crisis we're facing today.
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How did Americans come to believe that markets were the answer to everything? Why don't people trust the government to efficiently allocate resources in a way that creates the greatest good? Who orchestrated this century-long con of the American people?
Dr. Naomi Oreskes and Dr. Erik Conway, co-authors of the eye-opening book "Merchants of Doubt", join the show to discuss their new book "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market." Our conversation only scratches the surface of everything they uncovered while trying to get to the origin of the market fundamentalism myth that has dominated American popular culture for the last 100 years, and how that myth has led to the climate crisis we're facing today.
Be sure to subscribe to The Climate Pod YouTube channel!
Listen to the full episode of The Climate Pod featuring Dr. Naomi Oreskes and Dr. Erik Conway here:
iTunes: bit.ly/3mANzij
Spotify: bit.ly/3IXF08J
The Climate Pod is a weekly conversation on the latest climate issues with the journalists, activists, academics, and artists at the center of the story.
Follow us on social media!
Twitter: twitter.com/climatepod
Facebook: facebook.com/climatepod
Instagram: instagram.com/climatepod
Subscribe to our new Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": theclimateweekly.substack.com
Website: theclimatepod.com
