During the past forty years, Gordon Brown has been on a personal political odyssey, abandoning the ideas of the mainstream Scottish Labour Party and its socialist heritage. In their place, Brown has embraced the liberalism and moral political economy of Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment, whose moral sentiments have moved him much closer to the values first learnt from his parents during his Kirkcaldy childhood. The constant element throughout this political and philosophical journey h…
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