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More like ‘Madman’ Smith. Can’t believe people think a 250 year old book — which was written as a defence of selfishness by a man who lived with his mum as an adult and thought humans were incapable of moral judgements and who on his deathbed was sad because he hadn’t worked more — bares any semblance of the world in 2024. What a chump. What a bunch of chumps.

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Ah man, so much more to say on Smith! Both against, and surpisingly for — not so much defense of him as a person, but of the naieve and delightful assumtions his culture and theology held about the world. More soon!

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Thanks Shane, keep writing and making us think about this stuff, it’s very necessary. We need more minds like yours in this world!

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Thanks a bunch. Glad it's resonating :)

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'Gross Domestic Care, Gross Domestic Connection, Gross Domestic Play, Gross Domestic Rest, and Gross Domestic Daydreaming' - love how this makes me think!

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I'm glad! Thanks Joy :)

We need new graphs!

Look forward to chatting about it soon.

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Preach it brother! This reminds me so much of the work of feminist economics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_economics

In particular, the work of our very own Marilyn Waring and her book “If Women Counted” which persuaded the UN to change it’s definition of “Gross Domestic Product” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Women_Counted

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Yes! Thanks for this Paul — there's feminist ethics and economics all through this piece. I'm trying not to overload people with sources in the newsletters but when I get time I'll definitely be doing a further reading section for those who want to read more :)

Hopefully, it'll be a collab with readers so we don't miss gems like Marilyn Waring!

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P.s. Time and energy are being carefully rationed atm, so you'll have to put up with ungood grammar and subpar illustrations that look like 90's PPT's.

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👀

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