To burnish the virtues of “civilised” Europe, Adam Smith relies on a barrage of racial insults. Where did his information about the so-called “savage peoples” come from in the first place?
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The myth that our primitive forebears were capitalists at heart is fundamental to Adam Smith’s arguments in The Wealth of Nations.
A careful study of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations reveals that its influence lies not in Smith’s ability to construct an argument – but in his skill as teller of tall tales.
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Modern British and British Imperial History, Texas State University
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Rector, ESCP Business School
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Chair of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham
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Professeur d’économie, Mines Paris - PSL
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University Professor, Georgetown University
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Professor of Economics, Yale University
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Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Professor of History, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Co-Director: Centre for Competition Law and Economics, Stellenbosch University
