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Great essay James. But the funny thing is that when Adam Smith spoke of "free markets" he meant free form the rentier class. And, his Wealth of Nations did not work without his first of his two volume thesis The Moral Sentiments. Moreover Polanyi's historical analysis demonstrated that the market society is actually engineered (not natural) and largely dysfunctional.

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Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.
Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

Written by Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

Top Economics Writer, Gov. service, corp consulting, & faculty posts (e.g., Mich., Stanford, British Columbia). Piles of scholarly pubs & occasional diatribes.

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