Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

A philosopher rescued from politicians

issue 06 May 2006

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In February 2005 the then chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, travelled to Kirkcaldy on the windy shores of the Firth of Forth in the company of our very own Chancellor of the Exchequer, so that both could pay tribute to the town’s most famous son, Adam Smith, in their own distinctive way.

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