Adam Smith and The Nature And Sources Of The Wealth Of Nations Adam Smith has been regarded to be the father of modern economics, and many of his ideas have been integrated the nations in the present day western world. His major work was "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," where he discusses many of his economic views. Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, and raised by his mother, Margaret …
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…strong survive. Those who do not provide for themselves will be left to "die" in society. The economic society that derived directly from Adam Smiths ideas are truly fair and equal on all levels. Smith is a historical legacy who was both brilliant and awesome. For people today who believe in free markets and individual enterprise, Adam Smith laid the framework three centuries prior, and we owe a lot, namely our capitalistic economy, to him.