LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are the rallying calls of many of today's most ⁠heated ⁠economic debates. They could also come straight from the pen ...

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In 1776, Adam Smith, often described as the father of economics, published his masterwork, The Wealth of Nations. It was in many ways a very different world to the one we now know, as John Kay ...

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One day last spring, I came back to my office from a lunch meeting and found a high-school student camping outside. He was a prospective University of Chicago undergrad, and he said he was passionate ...