Pratap Bhanu Mehta on The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Ideas of India
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The Wealth of Nations, Is Not a Charter, Is It?
Mandela: The core of smith, in one sense, is right. That's what makes him, to me, a really interesting liberal. And if you do not have a liberal critique of oligarchy at the top, you cannot keep away populism. If you are writing of thousands of carols for oligarchies at the top,. I mean, with what conscience, ind a straight face, can you say to farmers, sorry, we're not going to rite off your lawns? Mandel says he got interested in Adam smith through his theory of moral sentiments as a graduate student.
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