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Revisiting the "father of capitalism"

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Adam Smith - A Capitalist Champion?

Glory Liu is the author of Adam Smith's America, how a Scottish philosopher became an icon of American capitalism. Her work is part of a broader scholarly effort to revisit Smith in light of all this revisionism. Sean Elling: I didn't realize how much I actually dug Smith until I read her book and I wanted to invite her on to talk about him and how he should be remembered today.

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