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one of the major dramatic themes in business life.

成为了商业运作的主题之一
Jim you've been near some management,

吉姆你见识过
which had rent seeking tendencies.

寻求这种趋势的企业管理吗
Well, let me come back to something else,

我从前面开始讲
and that is that at least one of the sections

斯密多次谈到过
Smith has revolves around the butcher, the brewer, and the baker,

肉贩酿酒商和面包店
and how it's much more reliable to rely on

比起做慈善它们更多的是
their self interest than their benevolence, which is true.

为自己谋取利益这点没错
There is--I think there is an embedded assumption

我认为有一种情况
which he doesn't go into, and that is:

他并没有深入地考虑到
he cites examples of what are--at least at the time,

他举的例子至少在那时候
where a single proprietor sort of business

一个独资企业店主