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526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?

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Margaret Thatcher - The Wealth of Nations

She embodied the conservative reading of Adam Smith. Thatcher carried in her handbag a copy of The Wealth of Nations. She was determined to run the economy like he would run a shop. There is no such thing as public money, there is only taxpayers' money.

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