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Thomas Love Peacock,a later contemporary of Adam Smith,

by Ziks511 Mar 22, 2010 6:43PM PDT

saw it all coming: "It operated through the medium of unconscious self-deception and terminated in inveterate avarice." -- Thomas Love Peacock, (18 October 1785 - 23 January 1866) was an English satirist and author. See Michael Lewis books Liar's Poker, and The Big Short.

Rob

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