If I recall correctly, Smith is attacking labor unions, not capitalists. Carrol
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:22 AM To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition; Progressive Economics Subject: [Pen-l] An observation by Adam Smith “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” ―-The Wealth of Nations (Quoted in Edward Jay Epstein's "Hollywood Economics" _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
