Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)
This episode of Freakonomics Radio re-examines the legacy of Adam Smith, the 18th-century Scottish philosopher, to uncover how his complex moral and economic thought has been reduced to a simplistic symbol of free-market capitalism. Host Stephen Dubner reveals that Smith’s true philosop
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