The Copybook: Readings in history and literature

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The Economic Case for Generous Wages by Adam Smith

Adam Smith asks employers to pay the most generous wages their finances will allow.

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A Conflict of Interest by Adam Smith

Economist Adam Smith warned that when Western commercial interests get involved in policy-making abroad, war and want are sure to follow.

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Private Prudence, Public Folly by Adam Smith

Adam Smith contrasted the Government’s handling of the national economy with the way most families handled theirs.

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A Victim of His Success by Richard Burdon Haldane

Economist Adam Smith so changed the conversation in Britain that most people take his groundbreaking insights for granted.

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Disbanding Empire by Adam Smith

Adam Smith could not imagine it would ever happen, but he nevertheless recommended that Britain grant independence to her colonies.

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An Avoidable Tragedy by Adam Smith

Adam Smith argued that the Bengal Famine of 1769 would have been much less of a tragedy under a free trade policy.

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Great Mother of Men by Adam Smith

The spread of Western civilisation must not be credited to European policy, but to a culture of curiosity, enterprise and defiance.