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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:18 PM Original message |
If Adam Smith were around today he'd be called an evil socialist. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Quite True, Sir |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh and don't forget his stance on monopolies |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Noam Chomsky quotes Smith far more often than Marx |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Recommending this book, "Poverty and the Industrial Revolution" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks! That is one of my favorite historical epochs. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Funny, I've been wanting to read more about that decade, '48 |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here's some more on Adam Smith: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thanks! |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Hee's another Google hit: "Adam Smith is closer to Karl Marx than... |
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voc (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. kick nt. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. Modern day repukes are more Randians than anything. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Smith's first book "A Theory of Moral Sentiments" is a very progressive work |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yep |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. They try to ascribe morality to wealth. The more money a person makes, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Now I have this image of future Republicans thinking *Rand* is a communist.. (nt) |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Umm...Adam Smith is in Congress... |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Googling "We rarely hear.....", yielded another treasure trove of Adam Smith's writings. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thank you! |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. You nailed it: Corporatism is the new Mercantilism, & GOP is the antithesis of individual liberty. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's a revelation I had while arguing with a so-called "Libertarian" about a year ago |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. I keep quoting Adam Smith too. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. No one is educated enough these days |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No one is educated enough these days |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm a terrible writer |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. KICK |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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