Adam Smith, Radical And Egalitarian

Aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of The Wealth of Nations, was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is frequently depict... » 

Aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of The Wealth of Nations, was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is frequently depicted. Smith's right-wing reputation was sealed after his death when it was not safe to claim that an author may have influenced the French revolutionaries. «