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Adam Smith needs to rewrite the story of wealth

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From: New Straits Times
Date: 20021130
Author:Johan Jaafar

Johan Jaafar
New Straits Times
11-30-2002
Adam Smith needs to rewrite the story of wealth
Byline: Johan Jaafar
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Editorial
Column: Point blank

THE character Haji Bakhil in P. Ramlee's comedies had a car - a Morris Minor to be exact - a driver and a maid. He was a typical rich type among the Malays in the Sixties. P. Ramlee, probably the most talented of the Malay directors, made people like Haji Bakhil the punching bag for all the ills in society. After all, he had very little good to say about the rich, the orang bangsawan and the uppity Malays.

Imagine the ...

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