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Hartmann
post Jan 31 2008, 08:46 AM
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Floyd Norris is the chief financial correspondent for the New York Times and writes a blog.

This entry caught my eye: http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/31...nyt&emc=rss

Is this guy retarded? Has he read Wealth of Nations? I don't think the book is a catch all for our economic problems but if John McCain understands how economies work a little better because he reads it, I'm all for it.


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post Jan 31 2008, 11:30 AM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Jan 31 2008, 08:46 AM) *
Floyd Norris is the chief financial correspondent for the New York Times and writes a blog.

This entry caught my eye: http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/31...nyt&emc=rss

Is this guy retarded? Has he read Wealth of Nations? I don't think the book is a catch all for our economic problems but if John McCain understands how economies work a little better because he reads it, I'm all for it.


The wealth of nations would be a pretty good book to read for anyone wanting to understand our economy, whether or not they intend to implement that advice. As I heard someone on the Daily Show say "Adam Smith laid the foundation for the house that's now getting repossessed."


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