Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?
In a series of three podcasts on Freakonomics Radio, experts from the worlds of economics, history, philosophy, political science and and drama discussed Adam Smith and his ideas.
Contributors include Maha Rafi Atal, Assistant Professor in Global Economy, and Craig Smith, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment, at the University of Glasgow.
Economists and politicians have turned Adam Smith into a mascot for free-market ideology. Some on the left say the right has badly misread him. In Part 2 of the series, prepare for a very Smithy tug of war.
Listen to part 2: Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?
Freakonomics Radio is hosted by Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books.