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In Adam Smith's time, the biggest rentier of them all was the Imperial era British government along with its patrons, titled members of the nobility and the lan
by Dracophoenix 5y ago
In Adam Smith's time, the biggest rentier of them all was the Imperial era British government along with its patrons, titled members of the nobility and the landed gentry. Even in Smith's time, free markets did mean freedom from government interference.