Both Uses
Adam Smith
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Middlemarch
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- I remember when we were all reading Adam Smith.†
Chpt 1 *Adam Smith = considered the father of modern economics (1723-1790)
- It won't do, you know, breaking machines: everything must go on—trade, manufactures, commerce, interchange of staples—that kind of thing—since Adam Smith, that must go on.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(Adam Smith) considered the father of modern economics for describing unintended benefits of competitive markets; also significant writings in moral philosophy (1723-1790)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)