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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The ideas in "The wealth of nations"(Adam Smith) provided the seed for the concept of GDP and altered the importing and exporting business.

Before, countries declared their wealth based on the value of their gold and silver. Smith argued that countries should instead be evaluated based on their levels of production and commerce. This concept was the foundation for creating the GDP metric for measuring the wealth of a country.

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The evolution of human society

Adam Smith's work discusses the evolution of human society.

  • First, he presents the hunter stage without property rights or fixed residences to nomadic agriculture with shifting residences.
  • The next stage is a feudal society where laws and property rights are...

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Adam Smith's ideas

  • In his first book, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", Smith proposed the idea of an invisible hand - the tendency of free markets to regulate themselves through competition, supply and demand, and self-interest.
  • He is known for creating the gross domestic product (GDP) concept and h...

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The philosophy of free markets

  • Adam Smith advocated for reducing the role of government intervention and taxation in free markets, but he saw the government as responsible for a country's education and defence sectors.
  • From Smith comes the idea of the "invisible hand" that guides the forces of supply and demand ...

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Assembly-line production method

Adam Smiths' ideas in "The wealth of nations" were a motivating factor in the evolution from land-based wealth to wealth created by assembly-line production methods that included labour division.

Smith argued that the division of labour and the associated specialisation creates prosperity...

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Adam Smith: the father of modern economics

Adam Smith: the father of modern economics

Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist, philosopher, and author. He is considered the father of modern economics.

  • Smith was born in 1723 in Scotland. He studied moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow and enrolled in postgraduate studies at the Balli...

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  • In his first book, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", Smith proposed the idea of an invisible hand - the tendency of free markets to regulate themselves through competition, supply and demand, and self-interest.
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