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The Origin of Wealth
Book by Eric Beinhocker
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Aug 28, 2026
Building A New Economics for Human Flourishing | Eric Beinhocker
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31:42Diego PeñarandaHOST
So, so everything you're saying right now sounds very, very exciting and futuristic.
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31:47Diego PeñarandaHOST
Um, so now I wanted to turn to the topic of market humanism and your forthcoming book titled "Markets Built for Humans." What is market humanism, and why do you think we need it?
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32:02Eric BeinhockerGUEST
Yeah.
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32:02Eric BeinhockerGUEST
So if, if we step back to look at the, you know, the bigger picture, um, uh, e- economies are, are, you know, they're not like physical systems.
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35:19Eric BeinhockerGUEST
They're socially constructed, and we could construct them better to serve human beings and serve human flourishing.
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35:26Eric BeinhockerGUEST
And rather than having a system kind of designed, you know, just around serving capital and capital efficiency, um, we should be serving human wellbeing and human flourishing much more, uh, broadly.
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35:39Eric BeinhockerGUEST
Um, and we've, um, uh, as, as you noted, we have a, a book that's been in, in progress for, for a while now.
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35:46Eric BeinhockerGUEST
Hopefully it will be finished over the summer.