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Jarryd Hayne, meet Adam Smith

Of all the sports on earth, one was clearly designed by a free marketeer

24 January 2015

9:00 AM

24 January 2015

9:00 AM

Imagine that a Visiting Martian has just landed on earth. The first thing he or she does is to read Adam Smith’s magisterial The Wealth of Nations. Then our inter-planetary friend sets about watching all the world’s myriad professional sports. When that’s done you ask our Visiting Martian which sport is most in keeping with the thinking of Adam Smith.

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