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Ep. 2298 Adam Smith: A Warning from Gene Epstein

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Adam Smith and the Division of Labor

Adam Smith had some good insights and bad, but he was clearly a very confused guy. The real Adam Smith problem is indeed, why he was so ambivalent about capitalism. He sowed the seats of the alienation idea that if you're just working in the pin factory, it's gonna turn you into a stupid person.

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