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Filósofo moral y economista político escocés (1723–1790)
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Join the roomAdam Smith fue un economista y filósofo escocés que fue un pionero en el campo de la economía política y una figura clave durante la Ilustración escocesa. Considerado por muchos como el "padre de la economía", o el "padre del capitalismo", es conocido principalmente por dos obras clásicas: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) y An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). Esta última, a menudo abreviada como The Wealth of Nations, es considerada su obra maestra, marcando el inicio de la erudición económica moderna como un sistema integral y una disciplina académica. Smith se niega a explicar la distribución de la riqueza y el poder en términos de voluntad divina y en cambio apela a factores naturales, políticos, sociales, económicos, legales, ambientales y tecnológicos, así como a las interacciones entre ellos. El trabajo es notable por su contribución a la teoría económica, particularmente en su exposición del concepto de ventaja absoluta.
“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.”
“A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and six; he might like to have it; but his demand is not an effectual demand, as the commodity can never be brought to market in order to satisfy it.”
“His capital is continually going from him in one shape, and returning to him in another, and it is only by means of such circulation, or successive exchanges, that it can yield him any profit. Such capitals, therefore, may very properly be called circulating capitals.”
“I have no great faith in political arithmetic, and I mean not to warrant the exactness of either of these computations.”
“IV. Every tax ought to be contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.”
“Smith "wrote that the ultimate goal of business is not to make a profit. Profit is just the means. The goal is general welfare."”
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