Adam Smith
philosopher · economist · Kirkcaldy, Scotland · Edinburgh · 1723–1790
He taught moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow, left, and spent nearly ten years in his home town writing about where the wealth of nations comes from.
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1776
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
The Wealth of Nations, book 1, chapter 2
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