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The Invisible Hand and the Helping Hand

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Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian
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Three of Gordon Brown’s questions in the Edinburgh speech which set the framework for this book are:

Is Smith, the author of the invisible hand, also the Smith of the helping hand?

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© 2006 Iain McLean

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McLean, I. (2006). The Invisible Hand and the Helping Hand. In: Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-73822-9_5

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