Adam Smith 1723–90: National Wealth and the Productivity of Labour

Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
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Peter Groenewegen: University of Sydney

Chapter 11 in A Concise History of Economic Thought, 2003, pp 101-116 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Adam Smith was born on 5 June 1723 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He was the son of the Clerk to the Court martial and Comptroller of Customs in the town. Smith attended the High School in Kirkcaldy and in 1737, and at the early age of fourteen, proceeded to Glasgow University. In 1740 he left Glasgow for Oxford as a Snell Exhibitioner at Balliol College to begin a six-year period of postgraduate study. Although, the atmosphere of the college was Jacobite and anti-Scot it gave Smith easy access to the excellent libraries of this ancient university.

Keywords: Capital Accumulation; Full System; Moral Sentiment; Social Division; National Wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230505803_11

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