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I recall Adam Smith not being a fan of landlords.

• pmiller2 6y ago
  I’m not even sure Smith was a capitalist in the modern sense. He held out similar derision for the merchant class, although the exact quote escapes me.
  • RockIslandLine 6y ago
    The quote most people would reference is probably this one: People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. – The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter X.
    • pmiller2 6y ago
      That’s the one I was thinking of.