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The “Sympathetic Market-Exchange” Thesis in Adam Smith Scholarship

Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article critically addresses the “sympathetic market-exchange” thesis in Adam Smith scholarship, which is the interpretative thesis that posits an analogy between sympathy in The Theory of Moral Sentiments and market exchange in the Wealth of Nations such that there is a moral dimension to market exchange.
Institution: The Open University
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7163908604
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