SMITH AT 300: A VIOLENT FIT OF LAZINESS
In: Journal of the history of economic thought, Band 45, Heft 2, S. 182-183
ISSN: 1469-9656
The works of Adam Smith are filled with quotable moments. The pin factory. The poor man's son. The invisible hand. The butcher, the brewer, and the baker. The dog and the philosopher. The impartial spectator. The man of system and his chessboard. And our propensity to truck, barter, and exchange. All of these are so well known and so often quoted that I've had editors ask me just to refer to them in passing rather than quoting them in full.