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There's a lot more to Adam Smith than The Wealth of Nations.
Smith considered himself a "moral scientist." He cared deeply about right and wrong, and he cared deeply about what the actual evidence said about the pursuit of moral good. Far from the heartless stereotype of modern media, economics, as we understand it, came from a place of profound compassion and concern backed by scientific understanding.
There's a lot more to Adam Smith than The Wealth of Nations.
Smith considered himself a "moral scientist." He cared deeply about right and wrong, and he cared deeply about what the actual evidence said about the pursuit of moral good. Far from the heartless stereotype of modern media, economics, as we understand it, came from a place of profound compassion and concern backed by scientific understanding.







