Adam Smith
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Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by many as the "father of economics", or
Posthumous Muir portrait, c. 1800
Portrait of Smith's mother, Margaret Douglas
François Quesnay, one of the leaders of the physiocratic school of thought
David Hume was a friend and contemporary of Smith's.
The Wealth of Nations
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, usually referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is a book by Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. Publ
Title-page of the 1776 London edition
Bust of Smith in the Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy
Edward Gibbon praised The Wealth of Nations.
Charles James Fox was the first person to mention The Wealth of Nations in Parliament.