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526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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"I want to know how reading that book and then wrestling with that book and writing your own book about it. I'm very hard question to answer," he says. "Reading the theory of moral sentiments, if you push your way through it, forces you to think about how you live your life."

Economists and politicians have turned him into a mascot for free-market ideology. Some on the left say the right has badly misread him. Prepare for a very Smithy tug of war. (Part 2 of “In Search of the Real Adam Smith.”)

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