
“The year the Declaration of Independence was signed — 1776 — was the same year that saw the publication of Adam Smith’s famous treatise on economics, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. That is quite a coincidence, one that had enormous ramifications for liberty.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/07/03/the-revolutions-of-adam-smith-and-thomas-jefferson/
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