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Revisiting the "father of capitalism"
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Wealth of Nations
He doesn't seem to think that human beings are inherently good or inherently bad. To say we're motivated by self-interest is not, not to say that we're motivatedby self-interest exclusively. There's a more complicated feedback loop going on. Smith is one of these incredibly balanced, careful thinkers who really wants to understand the contingencies of institutions that we create.
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