Glory M Liu
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"Originally published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most influential icons of economic thought in America. Glory Liu traces how generations of Americans have read, reinterpreted, and weaponized Smith's ideas, revealing how his popular image as a champion of American-style capitalism...
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"Winner of the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers" Glory M. Liu is assistant director of the Center for Economy and Society and assistant research professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The Nation, and other publications.
The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets
Originally published in 1776, Adam...
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