#wealthofnations — Public Fediverse posts

Singing the Wealth Of Nations

Part 1: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/900-freakonomics-radio-23562350/episode/673-what-is-money-332223861/

Part 2: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-does-a-composer-feel-after-the-world-premiere/

Freakonomics Radio reports on David Lang's oratorio celebrating Adam Smith.

#wealthOfNations #adamSmith #capitalisticLies

#People will tell you #WealthofNations is actually more progressive than you'd think and like, idk man, the #book literally opens with him just assuming #child labor is both chill and normal so... lmao

Das Primat der Ökonomie und die gesellschaftliche Hölle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIWgsCnFuhM

#Links #Rechts #WohlstandDerNationen #WealthOfNations #Sozialdemokratie #sozialdemokratisch

“[Adam] Smith noted that the ‘English legislature has been peculiarly attentive to the interests of commerce’ because policymakers were continually ‘imposed upon by the sophistry of merchants.’ The vested interests ‘like an overgrown standing army … have become formidable to the government, and upon many occasions intimidate the legislature.’”
#WealthOfNations #ClassAnalysis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/30/economic-policy-adam-smith