Adam Smith
...ter that he went to Oxford to continue his learning. He attended Oxford for six years, and taught himself through the library. He then accepted a job as the Logic professor back at Glassgo. His first book Theory of Moral Sentiments made him famous. It was at this time he began to tour Europe writing his masterpiece Wealth of Nations. Wealth of Nations was ahead of its time, by offering solutions to common economic problems while also stating consequences. Perhaps one of its greatest suggestions was the division of labor called specialization. He argued that a free market not hindered by the government will interact itself with supply and demand. If the market price exceeded the natural price then competition would occur drivi...