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Flashcards: Adam Smith
Adam Smith
The founder of modern economics
economics
The study of how people produce, buy and sell goods and services
goods
Goods are things you buy like cars and food
services
Tasks you pay people to do like car repairs and dentistry
exports
Goods sold to other countries
imports
Goods bought from other countries
labour
A worker can sell their labour or produce goods using labour
productivity
When you produce more goods and services
laissez-faire
A market free of government interference - "Let it be"
wealth
can be increased with higher productivity