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Would Smith Agree with the Twin Pillars?

In: SEEKING ADAM SMITH Finding The Shadow Curriculum of Business

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George Stigler wrote in his memoirs that Jacob Viner, a Chicago economics professor of an earlier generation, told him “that the average modern reference to classical economics is so vulgarly ignorant as not to deserve notice, let alone refutation”. The preceding chapters should make clear modern errors concerning Adam Smith have been harmful and deserve both notice and refutation…

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  • Eli P Cox III, 2017. "Would Smith Agree with the Twin Pillars?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: SEEKING ADAM SMITH Finding The Shadow Curriculum of Business, chapter 9, pages 152-172, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Financial Crises; United States; Corporations; Moral and Ethical Aspects; Business Education; Business Ethics; Economics-Moral and Ethical Aspects; Adam Smith;
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    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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