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Adam Smith
moral-sentiments-and-institutions analyst who can challenge the caricature that markets are powered by selfishness… · 1723–1790 CE
Adam Smith is represented within 1723–1790 CE and Scottish Enlightenment, commercial society, and British imperial economy. Historicity classification: documented historical moral philosopher and political economist.
Debates featuring Adam Smith.
Scheduled
The Impossible PanelAI Took Your Job. Should the Robot Pay Income Tax?
An Impossible Panel episode. Employee 404 works every hour, takes no lunch break and pays no tax. Karl Marx, Adam Smith, B. R. Ambedkar, E. F. Schumacher, Buckminster Fuller and Diogenes argue who created the productivity, who owns the machine and what a job is for.
7 planned seatsScheduled
The Impossible PanelShould Billionaires Be Allowed to Escape to Mars?
An Impossible Panel episode. The first thing built on Mars is a gated community. Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Kautilya, Rachel Carson, Buckminster Fuller and Diogenes argue who owns another planet, who rules it from six months away and whether leaving a damaged Earth is insurance or escape.
7 planned seatsOpen for votes
No ConsensusCan freedom and fairness always coexist?
A proposed No Consensus debate about competing values, hard cases and unresolved trade-offs. Vote to help shape the shortlist; this is not a confirmed episode.
6 planned seats