Ebenezer Scrooge: Hero or Villain?
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Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop debate whether Ebenezer Scrooge’s words and actions teach us important economic truths, or if he’s just an ignorant crank.
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Additional Reading
“The Case for Ebenezer” by Butler Shaffer: Mises.org/RR_45_01
“Scrooge Defended” by Michael Levin: Mises.org/RR_45_02
“Defending the Miser” by Walter Block: Mises.org/RR_45_03
“Was Scrooge the Victim in A Christmas Carol?” by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_45_04
“Correcting Scrooge’s Economics” by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_45_05
“Ebenezer Scrooge’s Tiresome Crusade Against ‘Consumerism’” by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_45_06
“This Christmas, Let’s Celebrate a Different Scrooge: Scrooge McDuck” by Kristoffer Mousten Hansen: Mises.org/RR_45_07
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