The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
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。