Ebenezer Scrooge: Hero or Villain?

Tags: Media and Culture

12/23/2020 Ryan McMaken Tho Bishop

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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