Adam Smith

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Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.

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Generate an image of Adam Smith (Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.)

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
author ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
birthDate 1723-06-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Kirkcaldy
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1790-07-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Edinburgh, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Edinburgh
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
employer University of Glasgow ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Smith ⓘ
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Adam ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalSchool classical liberalism ⓘ
influenced David Ricardo ⓘ
Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Milton Friedman ⓘ
Thomas Robert Malthus ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Malthus
influencedBy David Hume ⓘ
Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
knownFor analysis of division of labor ⓘ
concept of the invisible hand ⓘ
foundational contributions to classical economics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
classical economics ⓘ
name Adam Smith ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableWork An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ⓘ
The Theory of Moral Sentiments ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBurial Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh ⓘ
positionHeld Commissioner of Customs in Scotland ⓘ
Professor of Logic at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow ⓘ
publicationDateOfWork 1759 ⓘ
1776 ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ

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Thomas Malthus → influencedBy → Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hume → influenced → Adam Smith ⓘ
Adam Smith → name → Adam Smith ⓘ
The Wealth of Nations → author → Adam Smith ⓘ
David Ricardo → influencedBy → Adam Smith ⓘ
Karl Marx → influencedBy → Adam Smith ⓘ
Friedrich Hayek → influencedBy → Adam Smith ⓘ
David Home → influenced → Adam Smith ⓘ
Kirkcaldy → birthplaceOf → Adam Smith ⓘ
The Idea of Justice → influencedBy → Adam Smith ⓘ
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subject linked to: Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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Jean-Baptiste Say → influencedBy → Adam Smith ⓘ
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot → influenced → Adam Smith ⓘ
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Physiocracy → influenced → Adam Smith ⓘ
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