Adam Smith’s Rubbish Bin (TM)
Professors Bill Keep and Nancy Lasher defend the benefits of competitive markets while exposing business behaviors that just might make Adam Smith turnover in his grave. As a reminder, Smith was the 18th century philosopher whose theory of supply and demand gave us the market economy
Adam Smith’s Rubbish Bin (TM)
Laid Off: Researchers, Innovators, and the Department That Fixes Stuff
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BKNL Productions LLC
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Season 1
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Episode 2
This episode digs into the current enthusiasm for government downsizing and disinvestment. Adam Smith, ever the pragmatist, wrote that in addition to providing a defense from external threats and a fair and effective judicial system, the government has a responsibility to create and maintain public institutions and public works.