"Es ist nicht die Wohltätigkeit des Metzgers, des Brauers oder des Bäckers, die uns unser Abendessen erwarten lässt, sondern dass sie nach ihrem eigenen Vorteil trachten."
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Adam Smith
1723 – 1790
schottischer Moralphilosoph und Ökonom
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