Free Market: The History of an Idea (with Jacob Soll)
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Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations
What is Smith really doing that no one else does? He creates this giant panoramic description of economy and society. By the way, he did not think you would have read the wealth of nations without the theory of moral sentiments. And so he has these statements that if you just take them outside alone, seem to be either incomprehensible or out of context.
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