Course blog for Introduction to Politics, Radford University, Fall 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Wealth Of Nations
This reading was not on of my favorites because it was very broken up and it felt like there was not a lot of flow. When the reading are less broken up it is easier for me to understand. Although the reading was hard to follow the content for the most part was easy to understand because Smith gave us some perspectives to be aware of in terms of the workers industry. Like nowadays we really do not have many factory jobs anymore because we have machines that do the work for us and we just need people to make sure those machines are working right. I think that Smith's point about everyone learning how we need to work together was a really go one because of the crisis that we are in as a nation. If everyone learned to do their job to the best of their ability and push each other toward a common goal this nation would thrive because we would have no other choice than to succeed.
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Yup. I also think Smith's philosophy is two tier. On one hand he wants one to work together to fill the trades and specializations needed within a particular nation(Great Britain for him) but, Smith also states that more good and benefit comes from those who are not out trying to promote the good of society but instead, just looking after their own interests and in return they benefit society/economy. I thought that was noteworthy.
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