Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)

the puzzle is why adam smith chose to ignore his own analysis and write the wealth of nations without the benefit of a co-author.

但为何亚当·斯密无视自己的分析结果，独立完成《国富论》依然不为人知。

in his 1791 「report on the subject of manufactures」, he quarrelled with the free-trade doctrines of adam smith and other liberal economists.

他曾在1791年所着的《关于制造业的报告》中，反对亚当.斯密和其他自由经济学家的自由贸易学说。

reason convinced him in particular that adam smith was right, that through its invisible hand the market benefited profit-seeking individuals (of whom he was one) and society alike.

这个理由能够说服他，尤其是因为他确信，亚当·斯密是对的。通过那只「看不见的手」，市场可以让追求利润的个人（他就是其中之一）和社会受益。

marx has been replaced not by adam smith but by niccolò machiavelli.

马克思的思想会被尼古拉·马基雅维利所取代，而不是亚当·斯密。

sam bowman of the free market research group adam smith institute, said the rescue package is a mistake.

山姆·鲍曼是亚当·斯密研究所的经济学家。该机构致力于自由市场研究。

adam smith said that prosperity depends on the rule of law, peace and low taxes.

亚当斯密说繁荣取决于法制的规则，和平以及低水平的税收。

while voltaire, condorcet and descartes used reason to confront superstition and feudalism, thinkers across the channel – brooks cites burke, hume and adam smith – thought it unwise to trust reason.

相比伏尔泰、孔多塞和笛卡尔这些利用理性去直面迷信和封建主义的法国启蒙思想者们，海峡对面的思想家，如布鲁克斯在书中所提及的伯克、休谟以及亚当·斯密，则认为信任理性是不明智的行为。

adam smith had a similar aberration.

亚当·斯密也犯了同样的错误。

poverty is not relative, and it cannot be objectively determined by an expert. adam smith understood that very well.

亚当·斯密早就告诉过我们，贫困并不是相对的，也不能由某个专家做出客观的评断。

as adam smith wrote in 「the wealth of nations」 two centuries ago, 「a dwelling-house, as such, contributes nothing to the revenue of its inhabitants.」

正如200年前亚当·斯密在《国富论》中所写，「此类居所对居民收入一无所助。」

if the answer to the previous question is yes, i can then reasonably infer to a conclusion that all the theory of 「invisible hand」 by adam smith must be wrong.

如果这一问题的答案是肯定的，那我可以合理地推断出所有有关亚当斯密「看不见的手」的理论都是错误的。

[font=verdana][color=#000000]as for capitalism's wasteful materialism, even adam smith had a problem with it.

[color=#000000][font=宋体]至于资本主义铺张浪费的「唯物质主义」，就连亚当·斯密也有异议。

adam smith put his finger on the problem back in 1776.

1776年，亚当·斯密就準确地指出了这个问题。

i admired adam smith for his personal observations, but there was no experimentation, there was no real modern psychology in it.

我对亚当斯密个人的洞察能力非常赞赏,但他的书里没有实验步骤,缺乏真正的现代心理学.