John A. Robinson

Biography

John A. Robinson is an assistant professor of Intelligence Analysis at James Madison University. His research interests include the history of economic thought, institutional economics, and the philosophy of social science.

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Adam Smith and the Labor Theory of Value
John A. Robinson and J. Robert Subrick
Adam Smith and the Labor Theory of Value

John Robinson and J. Robert Subrick conjecture that Smith used the language of the labor theory of value as a rhetorical tool to promote his liberal ideas of society, while recognizing the incoherence of the theory itself.