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Insights from Adam Smith

Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations, is often hailed as the father of modern economics. But in his less celebrated book The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he also foresaw the emerging discipline of behavioural economics. In fact, this book, written in 1759, helps explain everything from loss aversion to modern celebrity worship, and presaged a field that is only now emerging.

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