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A critical view, in every day language, of much unread foundation text of right-wing political economy. There is analysis of Adam Smith on division of labour, small government, free trade and the need to promote productive labour. Gwydion Williams finds that Smith described not the division of labour, but fragmentation of work; his famous example of pin-making is flawed, and industrialism is not necessarily capitalist.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.
The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets Originally published in 1776, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America’s founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most influential icons of economic thought in America. Glory Liu traces how generations of Americans have read, reinterpreted, and weaponized Smith’s ideas, revealing how his popular image as a champion of American-style capitalism and free markets is a historical invention. Drawing on a trove of illuminating archival materials, Liu tells the story of how an unassuming Scotti...
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An international lawyer reviews the serious shortcomings of the international justice system and suggests a solution to genocide and other mass crimes: to entrust the challenging, potentially destabilizing work of war crimes justice to the very states affected by the crimes.
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