American Pragmatism and Political Economy

Final part of our series on theories of political economy. This is a bit of a “cheat,” since pragmatism isn’t a popular theory of political economy, but I make an argument that it gives a name to a space where the vast majority of Americans locate themselves—between more radical ideologies, but resonating with at least some of the societal critiques from more radical voices.

Intro/Outro attribution: David Bowman, “Se fue del Tiempo,” WikiCommons

Roosevelt, Theodore, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. The Right of the People to Rule. New York: Thomas A. Edison, 1912. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/99391599/.