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Adam Smith, Poverty and Famine

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Voltaire Foundation
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A highly critical account of Adam Smith's views on famine, which fail to recognize that you can have starvation in the midst of plenty.

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Voltaire Foundation
People
David Wootton
Keywords
Famine; Adam Smith; Edmund Burke; Amartya Sen; Edward Thompson
Department: Voltaire Foundation
Date Added: 02/06/2017
Duration: 00:50:40

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