Adam Smith wrote two major books. Most economic scholars know of the famous The Wealth of Nations (1 776), but much less famous though perhaps even more important to the author was The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). In the more famous publication, Smith propounded his famous "invisible hand" theory in the context of protecting a national economy: As every individual, therefore, endeavors as much as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can.
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