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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Mar 12, 2020
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In my first essay for The Imaginative Conservative, I examine the relations between economic and political forces using Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations and Agricola by Tacitus. I try to illustrate how political power can flow from economic power, bringing about fundamental changes, often unintentionally, in society.

If we were to imagine ourselves sta…

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