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The real Adam Smith

19 mins | Jan 29, 2018
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Despite being the poster boy for free market-economics, Adam Smith would have strongly disproved of aggressive neoliberal policies and powerful business lobbies. Paul Sagar, writing in Aeon magazine rediscovers history’s most famous economist’s true thoughts.

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