BBC Chinese, Mar. 25, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2010/03/100325_adamsmith_china_economy.shtml
Note:
(1) 道德情操论 Theory of Moral Sentiments
(2) 英国格拉斯哥大学政治理论教授克里斯·贝利
Chris (short for Christopher) Berry,
Professor of Political Theory ("I work at the interface between politics, history and philosophy"),
Dept. of Politics,
Univ. of Glasgow.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/politics/ourstaff/profberry/
(3) Al Lewis: Seeing Adam Smith's Invisible Hand. Down JOnes Newswires column, Dec. 3, 2009.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/al-lewis-seeing-adam-smiths-invisible-hand/
(a) Quote:
Adam "Smith wrote 'The Wealth of Nations,' but he also wrote 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.' He defended self-interest as noble, but he also applauded benevolence. Smith didn't view the business arena as divorced from the realm of humanity in which we owe each other moral obligations.
"China wants its markets free. But then it also wants to keep political thought and individual expression restricted. This may go on for another 10 years, just as the old Soviet Union lumbered along, but it will eventually come to a crossroads and perhaps a collision. 'They can't increasingly rely on economic lill."berty and somehow stave off political liberty,' Berry said.
(b) English definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(i) slob (n; Irish slab mud): "1: a slovenly or boorish person
2: an ordinary person <just some poor slob>"
(ii) dullard (n): "a stupid or unimaginative person"