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A joke, I'll bet, but that is not what Adam Smith meant.
by xpe 4y ago
A joke, I'll bet, but that is not what Adam Smith meant.
- gumby 4y agoMost of the contemporary zealous acolytes of Adam Smith would be shocked and angered by what he actually wrote, were they to try reading it.
- xpe 4y agoI am inclined to agree. Many know of "The Wealth of Nations", but how many have read Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiments"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith#The_Theory_of_Moral_Sentiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith#The_Theory_of_Moral... > Although The Wealth of Nations is widely regarded as Smith's most influential work, Smith himself is believed to have considered The Theory of Moral Sentiments to be a superior work.[79] > Rae, John (1895). Life of Adam Smith. London & New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-7222-2658-6. Retrieved 14 May 2018 – via Internet Archive.