Episode 174: Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

On the foundational, 1776 text of modern economics. How does the division of labor and our instinct to exchange lead to the growth of wealth? Is the economy sufficiently machine-like to enable us to manipulate its output, or at least to tell us how not to screw it up? Continues on part 2, or get your unbroken, ad-free Citizen Edition. Please support PEL! The post Episode 174: Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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