BY FROMA HARROP In a Q&A last year with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former Pennsylvania Rep. Pat Toomey was asked what book he wanted Barack Obama to read. The Republican quickly recommended the work of Adam Smith, the 18th Century economist and philosopher who held that individuals promote the good of society when they pursue their self-interest. Pat Toomey, you first. Toomey is the man who launched a challenge-from-the-right against Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2010 […]
Specter’s Self Interest?
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