Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)

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Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)

Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)

May 6, 20261h 8m
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About This Episode

Economists and politicians have turned him into a mascot for free-market ideology. Some on the left say the right has badly misread him. In this updated replay of a 2022 episode, we hold a very Smithy tug of war. SOURCES: Eamonn Butler, co-founder and director of the Adam Smith Institute. Glory Liu, a political scientist and Adam Smith scholar at Georgetown University. Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London. Dennis Rasmussen, a p

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