Adam Smith

Quotes by Adam Smith

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Economist and philosopher · Scottish · 1723–1790

Scottish economist and philosopher (1723–1790)

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“This is the miracle of all miracles—when life sacrifices itself to become something greater. When it awakens to its potential and rises in power. That is true magic.”
— Seth Adam Smith
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“Extreme inequality and financial crisis usually coincide. But the elite who cause it usually come out OK. And they are usually man.”
— Katrine Marçal, Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics
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“Whether women work in the care sector because the wages are low or whether wages are low because women work there is a question that cannot be answered. But we know that a big reason for economic i...”
— Katrine Marçal, Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics
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“Actually, the idea of economic man is an efficient way of excluding women. We have historically allocated women certain activities and said that she must do them because she is a woman. Then we cre...”
— Katrine Marçal, Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics
economics feminism

“The laws of the solar system that previously only God had known could suddenly be read using scientific method. The view of the world changed. From one where God intervened, had opinions, smote, pa...”
— Katrine Marçal, Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics
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“Your life—your very existence—is a light!”
— Seth Adam Smith
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“People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or in some contrivance to raise prices.”
— Adam Smith
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“What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health out of debt and has a clear conscience?”
— Adam Smith
happiness

“Man an animal that makes bargains.”
— Adam Smith
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