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Moral Philosophy
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Economics
Economic Ideas: Adam Smith on Moral Sentiments, Division of Labor and the Invisible Hand
by Richard Ebeling December 15, 2016Adam Smith is, without doubt, the most famous member of that group of Scottish Moral Philosophers who contributed to the development of social and economic understanding of the market economy and how economic liberty makes human prosperity possible.
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Economics
Economics Ideas: David Hume on Self-Coordinating and Correcting Market Processes
by Richard Ebeling December 8, 2016Not too surprisingly, for over two hundred and fifty years these ideas of Hume’s have both been highly controversial in philosophy, yet immensely influential across many social and scientific disciplines.