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Adam Smith was the author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and developed key economic concepts including the invisible hand, private property rights, division of labor, laissez-faire policies, and free trade. He argued that when individuals act in their own self-interest through free markets and specialization of labor, it indirectly promotes the greater good of society as a whole.
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