This week at Politics and a Pint I hope to draw some simple graphs that will show the relationship between Adam Smith’s invisible fist (he called it a “hand”, but he was a proto-victorian wimp) and the two big social constructs – capitalism and socialism. Then we’ll have a bit of fun before we digress into Kiffi’s talk on “the letter”. Think of Adam Smith as a sort of pre-show bit of audience warming diversion, some mathematical fluff for an appetizer.
January 28, 2008 at 3:43 pm |
Well, we never made it to the letter, and a vigorous discussion ensued. I’ll post a recap as soon as I can. In the meantime, next week’s topic is open, though we discussed talking about the national election since caucuses are the week after. I suggest we all look at the NPR “Pick a candidate” site together (if I can find a projector for the computer).
March 26, 2008 at 1:21 pm |
[...] in houses rather than huts, reading good books rather than painting cave walls) is hugely due to Adam Smith’s invisible fist (and I do), then you are probably very nervous about having the government step in and bail out [...]
August 24, 2008 at 6:20 pm |
[...] market forces that we (in the USA) believe give the optimal solutions to such problems via “Adam Smith’s Invisible Fist“. Some people would like to set up things to make market forces work on the doctor, some to [...]
August 24, 2008 at 6:22 pm |
[...] the market forces that we (in the USA) believe give the optimal solutions to such problems via “Adam Smith’s Invisible Fist“. Some people would like to set up things to make market forces work on the doctor, some to work [...]