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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-08-22

Books mentioned on The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes

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Today we think of Luddites as people who don’t know how to use technology or are maybe even afraid of it. That’s pretty far from what the original Luddites were all about.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith · at 9:32

    The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, published in 1776, is a foundational text of classical economics that explores the nature and causes of national prosperity, famously introducing concepts like the division of labor and the invisible hand of the market.

    Discussed
    “One of the other things that happened to kind of—but this thing was full steam ahead when Adam Smith wrote a book in 1776 called 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.'”
    Speaker The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes 2024-08-22 Listen at 9:32
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