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Adam Smith

1723 – 1790 · United Kingdom · Economics, Philosophy

The Wealth of Nations founded economics as a discipline.

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  • B. R. Ambedkar

    1891 – 1956 · Economics, Philosophy

    Ambedkar's economics training in classical political economy shaped his fiscal and currency work.

  • David Ricardo

    1772 – 1823 · Economics, Political Economy

    Ricardo systematises Smith into rent, wages and comparative advantage.

  • Karl Marx

    1818 – 1883 · Political Economy, Philosophy

    Capital opens as a critique of the labour theory of value Smith and Ricardo bequeathed.

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