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What the right gets wrong about Adam Smith
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoJohn Kay, 1790. Wikiwand What to make of Adam Smith? You might have thought we would have straightened this out, given that he only ever wrote two books...
How the work of Adam Smith could help solve the UK skills gap
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoTackling the UK’s productivity problem will require long-term public investment in quality education...
Five reasons Adam Smith remains Britain's most important economist, 300 years on
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoThe Scottish economist dedicated his life’s work to understanding the consequences – moral, social...
Christmas consumption – what would the great economic philosophers think?
The Conversation via Yahoo Finance UK· 6 months agoUNSW Thomas Yang/Shutterstock Even during a cost of living crisis, with interest rates and inflation...
Neither party is serious enough about housing
CityAM via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 weeks agoAll major parties have set lofty house building targets in their manifestos, but plans to actually achieve them are light on detail. The fact is, there’s...
Did capitalism already die and nobody noticed? Yanis Varoufakis thinks so
Fortune via Yahoo Finance UK· 4 months agoFull disclosure: I’m a fan of Yanis Varoufakis. I thought he was cool at the start of my financial...
Three ways to make the most of college and university – surprising insights from economics
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoChoosing a college or university course is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. What you study and where you study it will shape your career, your friends and peers and, quite ...