Adam Smith
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Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adam Smith canonical | 71 |
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Target entity: Adam Smith Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorFigure, Adam Smith]
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
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D.
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist known for his influential works on utilitarianism, liberty, and liberal democratic theory.
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Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Adam Smith Target entity description: Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher best known as the author of "The Wealth of Nations" and a foundational figure in classical economics.
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A.
David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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B.
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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C.
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine and disease.
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D.
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a 19th-century British philosopher and political economist known for his influential works on utilitarianism, liberty, and liberal democratic theory.
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E.
Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher renowned for his work on welfare economics, social choice theory, and development, and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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author ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1723-06-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kirkcaldy
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surface form:
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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| citizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1790-07-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Edinburgh
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surface form:
Edinburgh, Scotland
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| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
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University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| employer | University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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moral philosophy ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Adam ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalSchool | classical liberalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Ricardo
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Friedrich Hayek ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Milton Friedman ⓘ Thomas Malthus ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Robert Malthus
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| influencedBy |
David Hume
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Francis Hutcheson ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of division of labor
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concept of the invisible hand ⓘ foundational contributions to classical economics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Scottish Enlightenment
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classical economics ⓘ |
| name | Adam Smith self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Wealth of Nations
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surface form:
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
The Theory of Moral Sentiments ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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lecturer ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commissioner of Customs in Scotland
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Professor of Logic at the University of Glasgow ⓘ Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork |
1759
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1776 ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
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