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1) What a wonderful conference, #Global1776. I would never have imagined spending two days discussing Adam Smith’s, The Wealth of Nations. I would never have imagined reading the whole thing, either. But it was quite something.
2) It was great to hear from people who know lots about Smith who were able to contextualize him and his world in important ways. Of course a great deal happened in 1776, the Declaration and the founding of the USA, for example. We will be working our way to that.
3) Reading the book(s), it is clear that Smith was not the laissez-faire, anti-regulation guru he is made out to be. He was concerned about banks and their possible baleful influence in the absence of regulation; a fear that TJ shared.
