"The Wealth of Nations may not be an original book, but it is unquestionably a masterpiece."
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Chapter III, Adam Smith, p. 42
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Robert Heilbroner
Robert Heilbroner (March 24, 1919 β January 4, 2005) was an American economist and historian of economic thought.
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