tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288183.post1011699545028063806..comments2023-11-05T04:50:49.218-05:00Comments on Vowel Movement: Honesty and TrustAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377117761292204691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288183.post-44781449552381937322007-02-19T14:45:00.000-05:002007-02-19T14:45:00.000-05:00Gavin, You are right. The quote was from Francis...Gavin, You are right. The quote was from Francis Fukuyama whose paper at the IMF I referenced later. My apologies. I have fixed the post to reflect that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377117761292204691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288183.post-33448559447395041322007-02-19T02:38:00.000-05:002007-02-19T02:38:00.000-05:00'It turns out to have been the great economist Ada...'It turns out to have been the great economist Adam Smith who observed that market interactions lead to "bourgeois social virtues" like honesty. Go figure.'<BR/><BR/>Could you give a reference, please, for this statement . 'Bourgeois' is not a word I associate with Adam Smith. He disliked the use of foreign words in literary expositions when an English one existed (Smith: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres"). <BR/><BR/>Thank you. An exception would be interesting.Gavin Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913775111442059982noreply@blogger.com