If Adam Smith were alive today, he would be appalled by the never-ending federal deficits and out-of-control national debt. ... Adam Smith, considered the father of economics, turns 300.

Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher; he is considered the father of modern economics. Smith is most famous for his 1776 book, "The Wealth of Nations." ...

Adam Smith’s model of free trade, low taxes, deregulation, patent law and sound money (supply-side economics) led to the Industrial Revolution and a 100-fold increase in our standard of living.

Adam Smith may fairly claim to be the father, not of economics generally—that would be absurd—but of what in modern times has been called, with opprobrious intention, "bourgeois economics ...

The author of The Wealth of Nations and the father of modern conservatism shared an economic outlook guided by liberty and self-command. Adam Smith was born in 1723. This year he turns 300.

Economics. An Interview With Adam Smith (No, Not That One) The so-called father of capitalism was not available for comment, so we talked to another economist, Adam C. Smith.

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Adam Smith, the founding father of economics, mentioned the “invisible hand” only once in “The Wealth of Nations” (1776). His reference came in opposition to measures that restricted ...

Adam Smith Is a Better Economist Than Donald Trump. ... 2025, 1:30 PM. Statue of Adam Smith, the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland (N Chadwick/Wikimedia ... Father’s Day has come and gone, ...

This refutes the orthodoxy of unilateral free trade championed for hundreds of years beginning with the 1776 “Wealth of Nations” author Adam Smith, widely known as the father of modern economics.