Adam Smith and Neo-Plagiarism: A Reply

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Salim Rashid

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In describing Adam Smith's acknowledgments as "neo-plagiarism" (Rashid, 1990), was trying to characterize a situation where a scholar either borrows ideas from others but provides no acknowledgment, or had access to fruitful and important ideas yet seems to have ignored them.

Volume 10, Number 2 (1992)

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Rashid, Salim. "Adam Smith and Neo-Plagiarism: A Reply." Journal of Libertarian Studies 10, No. 2 (1992): 181–189.

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