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Marc Andreessen's 2026 Outlook: AI Timelines, US vs. China, and The Price of AI
- ▶ 26:07 Marc Andreessen And, you know, maybe, you know, Adam Smith or whatever might say, you know, that's good news for
Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs
AI Will Save The World with Marc Andreessen and Martin Casado
- ▶ 1:04:42 Marc Andreessen Um, and, and, and the most, and again, this goes to like core economics, Adam Smith.
a16z Podcast | Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking in the Game of Tech... and Life
- ▶ 30:07 Marc Andreessen All these things were fought based on zero sum, and about, you know, 300 years ago, Adam Smith and a whole bunch of other really smart thinkers
a16z Podcast | On Morals and Meaning in Products, Business, and Life
- ▶ 5:51 Arthur Brooks Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776, where he talked about the invisible hand, and it led to these ideas of laissez-faire, et cetera, and it guided the way that we understand modern capitalism, but that wasn't his most important… 4 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Platforming the Future
- ▶ 33:01 Benedict Evans The best quote ever about monopolies is from the man who invented the idea of the invisible hand.
a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
- ▶ 2:40 Russ Roberts Around 1776, Adam Smith came along and said, we made some fundamental mistakes in mercantilism. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:25 Sonal Chokshi I've heard the argument, I think Paul Krugman made it, or maybe Adam Smith, I don't remember, but even when you're open and everyone else isn't, you, everyone still benefits, and that's the bottom line of this free trade idea.
a16z Podcast | The Art of the Regulatory Hack
- ▶ 32:59 Evan Burfield The third is that, um, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations in Edinburgh, right?