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Adam Smith (1723–1790) – Architect of Economic English

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations didn’t just shape economics—it transformed English. His vivid terms like invisible hand, laissez-faire, and division of labor embedded Enlightenment ideas into everyday speech. Today, his legacy lives on not just in markets, but in the very language we use to describe them.

Adam Smith (1723–1790) – Architect of Economic English
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