[Marxism] Adam Smith

[Pance Stojkovski]

--- Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> wrote:
> (from Dogan Gocmen)
> 
> ...in my book: The Adam Smith Problem:
> Reconciling Human Nature and 
> Society in 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments' and
> 'Wealth of Nations' 
> (Tauris Academic Studies, 2007 ) I showed that Smtih
> can neither be used 
> as a source or symbol of neoliberalism nor can he be
> seen as an 
> unconditional champion of markets. 

Pance's response/question:

I'm no Adam Smith expert - but I remember reading this
article a while ago - about the definition of
neoliberalism:

"'Neo' means we are talking about a new kind of
liberalism. So what was the old kind? The liberal
school of economics became famous in Europe when Adam
Smith, a Scottish economist, published a book in 1776
called The Wealth of Nations. He and others advocated
the abolition of government intervention in economic
matters."

Full article here:
<http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/econ101/neoliberalDefined.html>

Pance.