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Anne McElvoy and guests now discuss the concentration, distribution and morality of wealth and look at An Inquiry into the Nature of the Wealth of Nations, published by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith in 1776, which gives an early account of what constitutes the wealth of nations and introduces concepts such as the free market, division of labor and productivity. Our guests for this episode of BBC Radio 4’s Friday night ideas discussion program are: Vicky Price, economist and business consultant and co-author of The Mismanaged Decline, What Politicians Won’t Tell You About the Economy Maha Rafi Atal, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at Adam Smith, University of Glasgow and author of the forthcoming book When Companies Rule: Corporate Power from the East India Company to Silicon Valley. The university is holding a series of events to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the publication of The Wealth of Nations. Dafydd Daniel, Lecturer in Divinity at the University of St Andrews Alister Heath, business journalist Hetty O’Brien, Guardian writer and author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism On Itself Producer: Eliane Glaser You can hear another discussion about the search for economic solutions in the most recent episode of Start the Week, Radio 4’s Monday morning discussion programme, where Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Mariana Mazzucato, Jeremy Hunt and Patrick also attended. Foulis.
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