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considered the father of modern economics for describing unintended benefits of competitive markets; also significant writings in moral philosophy (1723-1790)
- I remember when we were all reading Adam Smith.Book 1 — Miss Brooke (9% in)
- 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.Book 5 — The Dead Hand (73% in)
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