Adam Smith 
The wealth of nations 

‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’, generally referred to by its shortened title ‘The Wealth of Nations’, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.

Adam Smith (1723 – 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher and author as well as a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy and a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment era.