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Relearning the rules of Adam Smith
Many of the core ideas behind Adam Smith’s vision of capitalism are being ignored.
Gillian Tett, the FT’s US managing editor, argues that four basic concepts need to be relearned if we are going to replace the opaque and exclusive system modern finance has created.
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