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From: Max Sawicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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I appreciate the elaboration on Smith's moral philosophy,
but the context o
The observation about the populist theme of "the many and the few,"
in contrast to class, is accurate. So much the worse for hackneyed
class analysis. ("Workers and peasants of the Bronx!")
The way the Pops chose to 'unrig' the market included a) nationalizing
the railroads; b) co-ops allowing
Michael Perelman writes:>I would say, Max, that while Smith may not approve
of the populists, the
populists saw themselves as in line with a Smithian interpretation of the
world.<
the above makes sense to me: in the U.S., at least, the late 19th century
Populist movement was one of the "little gu
I would say, Max, that while Smith may not approve of the populists, the
populists saw themselves as in line with a Smithian interpretation of the
world.
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 02:30:26PM -0500, Max Sawicky wrote:
> I appreciate the elaboration on Smith's moral philosophy,
> but the context of t
I appreciate the elaboration on Smith's moral philosophy,
but the context of this discussion was whether Nader
and populists were more like Smith than not.
My clipped summary of Smith emphasized the
contrast. No embroidery of Smith's moral thought
can find any contact with the basic thrust of pol
x27;. Excessive
greed is socially undesirable. As a NY Times piece put it a couple years
ago, "Adam Smith ain't no Gordon Gekko."
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From: Max Sawicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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"But man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it
is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only. He will be more
likely to prevail if he can interest their self-love in his favour, and show
them that it is for their own advantage to do for him what he require
