Definition of Adam Smith

1. Noun. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790).

Exact synonyms: Smith
Generic synonyms: Economic Expert, Economist

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Literary usage of Adam Smith

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"If Adam Smith knew how to absorb and assimilate, he knew also, what is infinitely ... Adam Smith is quoted more than all previous authorities put together. ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1910)
"By George Adam Smith, DD Two vols. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1907-8. 2. Ancient Jerusalem. By Selah Merrill. Now York : Fleming H. Réveil Co., 1908. 3. ..."

3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"IL Adam Smith Adam Smith was born at Kirkcaldy on 5 June 1723. He was educated at the university of Glasgow, where he had Hutcheson as one of his teachers, ..."

4. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo (1903)
"In proportion as a greater share of the capital of a country is employed in agricul- i [This chapter is directed to the criticism of Adam Smith. ..."

5. Economic Studies by Walter Bagehot (1888)
"Adam Smith AND OUR MODERN ECONOMY. i. IF we compare Adam Smith's conception of Political Economy with that to which we are now used, the most striking point ..."

6. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"When a child he had been noticed by Adam Smith — who, filling the Moral Philosophy chair at ... His intimacy with Robertson, Adam Smith, and David Hume. ..."

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