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minus-squareCannonFodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 days agoSmith’s notion of a landlord was rather different from what we call a landlord now.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-223 days agoIt really isn’t. He notes that landlords seek the maximum price they can get from a tenant in Chapter IX of Book I, and talks about building-rent landlords (what we interact with them as in our daily lives today) in Chapter V of Book II.
Smith’s notion of a landlord was rather different from what we call a landlord now.
It really isn’t.
He notes that landlords seek the maximum price they can get from a tenant in Chapter IX of Book I, and talks about building-rent landlords (what we interact with them as in our daily lives today) in Chapter V of Book II.