File spoon-archives/marxism-intro.archive/marxism-intro_1997/97-02-04.192, message 115


Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 20:33:03 +0100
From: Hugh-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: Re: M-INTRO: Reading Capital


>> Anyway, the Wealth of Nations was a catalyst for Marx's thought. Even
>> moreso was Ricardo's Political Economy. Lenin once sais that the three
>> sources of Marx's thought are English political economy (Smith & Ricardo),
>> German philosophy (Hegel & Feuerbach) and French socialism (St. Simone &
>> Fourier).
>>
>> --Justin Schwartz


Well and good, only Adam Smith was a Scot. It's better to say *British*
political economy.

Cheers,

Hugh




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