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The quotation in the title is the tongue-in-cheek conclusion reached by the Anglican team rector of the parish church in Putney, London, in an article in the Church Times (Fraser, 2007). The church café in his parish, he argues, is as successful as it is – in both social and commercial terms – precisely because it is ‘an unashamedly commercial enterprise’. As such, it apparently proves Adam Smith’s ideas about the beneficial effects of self-interest.
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Mautner, G. (2011). ‘Adam Smith for Diocesan Missioner’: Legitimation in Religious Discourse. In: Pelsmaekers, K., Rollo, C., Van Hout, T., Heynderickx, P. (eds) Displaying Competence in Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307322_10
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