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and by 'mankind', i mean 'me' gogo capitalism! ;-)

anyway, i have to write a paper that is a diologue between marx and smith, and i have very little time left before it must be completed.

i plan on giving marx 1/3 of the paper to describe his views, smith 1/3 of the paper to describe his views, and then i give them baseball bats and put them in a steel cage to figure it out for themselves.

anyway, i am finished with marx's 1/3 of the paper, and i don't have enough time to read 'the wealth of nations'

does anyone who's read it want to give me a quick summary?

and please, if (and when) you feel like using history to defend capitalism, bear in mind that this is the man who invented it, and he died before any of his theories were actually put into action (stock market and such)

we're going theory vs. theory here.

i am reluctant to use cliff notes, because i'm sure the teacher will notice.

Might I suggest a short little summary? (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/adamsmith-summary.html)

I have read some Smith and some Marx.

Might I suggest a short little summary? (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/adamsmith-summary.html)


lol!

that's what i got when i googled "adam smith wealth of nations summary"

thanks anyway, tho. :p

and by 'mankind', i mean 'me' gogo capitalism! ;-)

anyway, i have to write a paper that is a diologue between marx and smith, and i have very little time left before it must be completed.

i plan on giving marx 1/3 of the paper to describe his views, smith 1/3 of the paper to describe his views, and then i give them baseball bats and put them in a steel cage to figure it out for themselves.

anyway, i am finished with marx's 1/3 of the paper, and i don't have enough time to read 'the wealth of nations'

does anyone who's read it want to give me a quick summary?

and please, if (and when) you feel like using history to defend capitalism, bear in mind that this is the man who invented it, and he died before any of his theories were actually put into action (stock market and such)

we're going theory vs. theory here.

i am reluctant to use cliff notes, because i'm sure the teacher will notice.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/adam_smith.html

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Adam Smith

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
Adam Smith

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
Adam Smith

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.
Adam Smith

Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
Adam Smith

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Adam Smith

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.
Adam Smith

EDIT: I believe Smith would look at the "evidence" of the two Systems today and look at Marx and claim unequivocal Victory! :D