
Live from Fringe: What Would Adam Smith Think About Trump’s Tariffs?
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Could Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith make sense of the economic world that exists today?
In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Alec Cutler, portfolio manager of the Orbis Global Balanced and Cautious funds, Tom Slater, manager of Scottish Mortgage and Bloomberg senior reporter John Stepek about how portions of Smith’s bestsellers The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations relate to today’s issues in global trade, technology, renewable energy and investment strategies.
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