Adam Smith

After two centuries, Adam Smith remains a towering figure in the history of economic thought.Life of Adam Smith 1985.Adam Smith as Student and Professor 1987.Essays on Adam Smith 1988.Unfortunately, much is known about Smith’s thought than about his life.Pursuits was mounted, and young Adam was abandoned by his captors.Returning to his home after an absence of six years, Smith cast about for suitable employment.Smith’s analysis of the market as a self- correcting mechanism was impressive.In all of this, it is notable that Smith was writing in an age of preindustrial capitalism.The work finished, Smith went into semiretirement.