Reconnecting Morality with Political Economy

March 2025, Opinion: "For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were seen as distinct—each focused on separate concerns, with little cross-pollination. This wasn’t always the case. If we look back to philosophers such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx, discussions of political economy were deeply intertwined with questions of morality. More recently, these fields have started to reconnect, recognizing that morality influences economic behavior, and vice versa, in profound ways. It’s something I discussed in a recent review of the latest literature in this field (2024)."