Essential Scholars

Adam Smith Part 2: Why Care? It’s Only Natural

Essential Scholars

Show Notes

James R. Otteson, Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame and co-author of the Essential Adam Smith, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Smith’s perennial insights, including how human engagement naturally presents itself as opportunities for cooperation, and the ways in which the free-market can be a vehicle for this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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