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Jamie Raskin: “I'm not quite sure why you would describe Adam Smith as a conservative as opposed to a liberal. He, of course, was a…”

On the recordMay 21, 2018
I'm not quite sure why you would describe Adam Smith as a conservative as opposed to a liberal. He, of course, was a great liberal economist and philosopher.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin challenges the classification of Adam Smith as a conservative.

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