Jacob Viner Confirmed
There were two articles this morning in Blogland worth a look over if you have a spare 20 minutes. Both discuss whether Adam Smith was really a Leftist, a view likely to become more common as Adam Smith's the so-called rightist views comes under challenge:
1 “Was Adam Smith the Anti-Capitalist?” by Thom Stark Here (7 Sept 09)
and
2: “Free-market activists distort original message of Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” by James Pyland HERE (11 Feb 2006):
Comment
Jacon Viner once remarked that it would be surprising if some writer could not claim support for his strange economic ideas from Wealth Of Nations. These articles exemplify Viner's remarks.
1 “Was Adam Smith the Anti-Capitalist?” by Thom Stark Here (7 Sept 09)
and
2: “Free-market activists distort original message of Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” by James Pyland HERE (11 Feb 2006):
Comment
Jacon Viner once remarked that it would be surprising if some writer could not claim support for his strange economic ideas from Wealth Of Nations. These articles exemplify Viner's remarks.
1 Comments:
Thanks for your blog. I really appreciate it and have read a lot of it.
For the record, I was not attempting to suggest that Adam Smith was a "leftist" at all. I was just attempting a satirical critique of the Chicago School's use of Smith.
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