...in one book Adam Smith makes it look like the glue that holds the society ordery together is selfinterest and it's enough
but in the other book he says this is completely wrong
at the first sentences of Theory of Moral Sentiments says "howsoever selfish man may be supposed to be there evidently some principles in his nature that make him interested in the well being of others even though he has nothing from it."
which seems so completely schizophrenically against. so in the other book he says the glue of the society is sympathy... so even if though I don't know you, I don't want you to suffer
this is why we say each other "Have a good day". I hope, I wish you good day. this is sort of a very easy proof that we human beings wish good to each other. you don't say anybody "Have a bad day" you don't do that.
so that's the sort of misunderstanding of Adam Smith, Adam Smith says the society has two legs, one is selfishness and the other one is sympathy.
the glue that hold it together is sympathy. and if we only use one leg then we will destroy something we would not be very balanced
ADAM and EVE after they took the forbidden fruit they dressed. so this was the first possession of mankind. my question is did they dress because they needed to dress? because they were cold? No! they dressed because they were ashamed
Directling between consumption and ownership and some psychology.
even according to Adam Smith, he was aware the economics is story telling with numbers. some stories are more convincing if you put numbers in them but it's still a story.
The basic characteristic of desire is that is unsatisfyable, we have to understand that desire is like this...