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The Wealth of Nations was first mentioned in Parliament by the Whig leader Charles James Fox on 11 November 1783: There was a maxim laid down in an excellent book upon the Wealth of Nations which had been ridiculed for its simplicity, but which was indisputable as to its truth.
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor is a 1998 book by historian and economist David Landes (1924–2013). He attempted to explain why some countries and regions experienced near miraculous periods of explosive growth while the rest of the world stagnated.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Scottish economist and philosopher (1723–1790) This article is about the Scottish economist and philosopher. For other people named Adam Smith, see Adam Smith (disambiguation). Adam Smith FRS FRSE FRSA Posthumous Muir portrait, c. 1800 Born c. 16 June [O.S. c. 5 June] 1723 Kirkcaldy ...
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. De Soto, Hernando (2000). The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-01614-6. Strange, Susan (1986). Casino Capitalism. Wallerstein, Immanuel (1974). The Modern World System. ISBN 9780127859194. Weber ...
Even Adam Smith, the canny Scot whose monumental book, "The Wealth of Nations" (1776), represents the beginning of modern economics or political economy-even he was so thrilled by the recognition of an order in the economic system that he proclaimed the mystical principle of the "invisible hand": that each individual in pursuing his own selfish ...
Edwin Cannan was the younger son of David Alexander Cannan and artist Jane Dorothea Claude. [9] [3] His mother died at the age of 38 of tuberculosis in Madeira, Portugal 18 days after her son Edwin was born. [10]
Smith, writing The Wealth of Nations in English, spoke of a "previous" accumulation; [8] Karl Marx, writing Das Kapital in German, reprised Smith's expression, by translating it to German as ursprünglich ("original, initial"); Marx's translators, in turn, rendered it into English as primitive. [1]