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Matt
Dec 28, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Productivity and progress are the heart and lungs of Smith’s body economic. In pragmatic detail, he dissects the inner workings of 18th century mercantilism and makes his diagnosis. Then, in Frankensteinien fashion, he animates a new life of free market economics.

His ideas have become ingrained for the American modern reader. The notion of enlightened self-interest developing a dynamic economy is the ideological cornerstone for fiscally conservative Republicans. We also see corruptions of his ot ...more
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Dianna
May 20, 2019 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: not-read-could-not-get-into, over-my-head, a-classic-why, economics, rediculous, what-why
I tried. I really tried. I am not wasting any more time reading about "ancient statutes of assize".
Why in the hell would anyone read this boring and redundant, repetitive book?

I think Adam Smith may have had OCD and was obsessed with the cost of things. ...more
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Jan 15, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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