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Adam Smith - Author
1723-1790
Scottish
No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.

Adam Smith

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish historian, political economist, writer, rhetorician, astronomer, and social philosopher, who wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'. It is considered the first book of modern political economy, and still provides the foundation for the study of that discipline.

Books by Adam Smith