Capitalism & Adam Smith
“The division of labour, from which so
many advantages are derived, is
not originally the effect of any
human wisdom… It is the
necessary, though very slow and
gradual consequence of a certain
propensity in human nature … the
propensity to truck, barter, and
exchange one thing for another.”
-- The Wealth of Nations (21)
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the
brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from
their regard to their own interest.” (22)