David adam smith biography pdf

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ADAM SMITH: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH The fame of Adam Smith rests so deservedly on his great work, the Wealth of Nations, that the fact is apt to be lost sight of, that long before he .

To browse Academia. The author examines not only The Wealth of Nations, with its insights on trade and the division of labour, but also less well known works, such as The Theory of Moral Sentiments, the lectures, and the writings on the history of science. In relating economic progress to human nature and institutional evolution he provided a completely new understanding of how human society works and was very much a precursor of writers such as Hayek and Popper.

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Adam Smith is frequently associated with the idea that self-interest, rather than benevolence, should be the basis of society.

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