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lasereyes136
828 days ago
That is weird, people taking a body of work out of context to advance their agenda.
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gumby
828 days ago
That’s basically all advocates of Adam Smith. I doubt that most of them have even read it — they’d be shocked by what he actually wrote.
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graemep
827 days ago
His detractors do the same.
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gumby
827 days ago
Quite likely, unfortunately. Having read both The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations I think he's insightful and had his head screwed on properly...and disagree with at least 90% of his fans.
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