ADAM SMITH, RADICAL AND EGALITARIAN: AN INTERPRETATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

This title shows that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of 'The Wealth of Nations', was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is frequently depicted. Smith's 'right-wing' reputation was sealed after his death when it was not safe to claim that an author may have influenced the French revolutionaries.