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Adam Smith, a Classic Liberal

Adam Smith, a Classic Liberal
Adam Smith, born 295 years ago, did not use the word capitalist but promoted liberty, private property, and economic freedom. Creative Commons
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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This past weekend, it was the 295th birthday of Adam Smith, champion of trade and the philosophical mastermind who explained the end of the old world and the beginning of the new. And yet, at this time, after so many centuries of intellectual work to promote economic and political freedom, we hardly have any left, even in the United States.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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