Hear from Author David Lay Williams Distinguished Speaker from August 22

David Lay Williams appeared on FaCT Ohio’s virtual Zoom stage on

Saturday, August 22.

Williams is the author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic

Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx. In his talk,

Williams will share bold new perspectives on the writings and ideas of

Plato, Jesus, Thomas Hobbes, Jean- Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith,

John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx.

In his book, Williams shows how these thinkers describe economic

inequality as a source of political instability and a corrupter of character and

soul, and how they view unchecked inequality as a threat to their most

cherished values, such as justice, faith, civic harmony, peace, democracy,

and freedom.

Williams draws invaluable insights into the societal problems generated by

what Plato called “the greatest of all plagues,” and examines the solutions

employed through the centuries. Clearly these are lessons relevant to our

own time when money is corrupting democratic institutions, and those with

the least are made to suffer the most.

Video Recording