[Academiadotorg]

think an 18th Century Scottish philosopher has less insight about today's economy than one of the president's trusted advisers? Guess again.

[PapaNew]

I don’t know if there’s an Adam Smith or a Milton Friedman ping list but it might be worthwhile. So many do not understand the “invisible” but effective working of the free market economy. Anyway, I thought this was worth passing along.

Milton Friedman on Adam Smith below (they were essentially two peas in a pod).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-H-e0VbM7M

[Maceman]

the libertarian Cato Institute devoted a panel to the Nudge

Nudge? They misspelled it. It's actually spelled n-o-o-d-g-e.

[trisham]

The Invisible Hand of Adam Smith?

[gattaca]

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[mjp]

Adam Smith believed that the rich man is the man with the most fertile imagination.He ends up producing far more than he can consume himself.

"Without intending it, without knowing it, [the rich] advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species."

Adam Smith

[PeterPrinciple]

The wealth of Nations by Knowledge products is the best audio I have heard. It give some back ground and highlight, the book is hard read but I have done it.

Here is a you tube but the audio is not the best. Buy it if you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugWhq6bsJQU