Dr. Linda Fried

Published: Dec. 4, 2021, 2:27 p.m.

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In describing her profession, the dean of Columbia University\\u2019s Mailman School of Public Health cites Adam Smith, the dean of private property: \\u201cHe said the role of government is to create the public good that we can only create together, in which everybody gains but nobody profits. And public health to me is the most salient, most personal, exemplar of that kind of public good.\\u201d

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