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In Our Time - The Wealth of Nations - BBC Sounds

In Our Time - The Wealth of Nations - BBC Sounds

The Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of Nations

Released On: 19 Feb 2015

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.

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