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Re: Adam Smith, the "Founding Father" of Modern Economics?
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John Médaille <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 9 Apr 2011 16:29:45 -0500
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Let me suggest that Capitalism does have a founding father, but it's not 
Smith, it's Mandeville, and everything written since is but a 
commentary, intentionally or not, on the subtitle of the /Fable of the 
Bees: Private Vices, Publick Benefits.

John/

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