On this day, 250 years ago, Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith laid the first groundwork for classical economics with his magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations, which challenged the prevailing European attitude favoring mercantilism. A full copy can be read on Wikisource (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations).
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