Pratap Bhanu Mehta on The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Ideas of India
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Is It Mercantalism or Colonialism?
Is smith relevant to these conversations of all these different things going on in india? Or is this a case of one of those, you know, eighteenth century texts, and this is all just a new version of this? The consumption of the rich that can actually fuel perity, even though it's not morally salutary. Nationalism has come back in a big way. This is across the world. You are seeing seeing these movements bubble up. They take a very local sort of flavor, but everywhere in the world youare seeing this big rise in nationalism. And i think they are true globally in some senses.
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