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526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?

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The Forgotten Masterpiece of Adam Smith

Russ Roberts got his PhD from the University of Chicago during the era when Milton Friedman was turning Adam Smith into the poster boy of free market economics./nRoberts went on to a long academic career at institutions including George Mason University and the Hoover Institution at Stanford, places known for the kind of conservatism or libertarianism that Adam Smith currently represents./nAnd where's Roberts today?/nRuss Roberts is president of Sholm College in Jerusalem, Israel. He is the host of Econ Talk, the podcast, an author of how Adam Smith can change your life, and an author of the book, How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life.

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