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In 1766 adam smith retired to kirkcaldy, with an annuity from the buccleuch family. Editions of the wealth of nations, books by adam smith. Interestingly, hamilton based much of this report on the ideas of jeanbaptiste colbert, and it was, in part, colberts ideas that smith responded to with the wealth of nations. Nov 01, 2007 adam smith revolutionized economic theory with his 1776 work an inquiry to the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
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