The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
经济学的主要创立者
亚当·斯密(Adam Smith),1723年6月5日出生在苏格兰法夫郡(County Fife)的柯卡尔迪(Kirkcaldy) ,英国经济学家、哲学家、作家,经济学的主要创立者。