Adam Smith

Biography

Although the exact date of Smith's birth is unknown, his baptism was recorded on 16 June 1723 at Kirkcaldy.

A Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy.

One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics.

Adam Smith is widely cited as the father of modern economics.

For other authors of this name, see Adam Smith.

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Country: Canada
Gender: Male
Education: Lycée François-Ier
Place of birth: Kirkcaldy
Birth date: 28 December 1903
Member of: Royal Society of Edinburgh
Nationality: Canadian

Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Educated at Greenfaulds High School, Cumbernauld.
Trained as a Journalist at Glasgow Metropolitan College after leaving school.
Served as producer on "The 1 Second film".
Served as producer on "Invasion Of The Not Quite Dead".
(April 2008) Filming another two episodes of River City. Also filming a new BBC murder mystery called "New Town" with Mark Gatiss and Omid Djalili.
(May 2008) Filming scenes near Inverary for Norwegian war movie "Max Manus", playing an army corporal.
(June 2008) After a successful audition for the new "Subway" Commercial, filming has just taken place in Glasgow.
(August 2006) Just outside Inverary, north-west Scotland, filming "The Waterhorse".
Voted Best Director by readers of Doctor Who Magazine for his work on the 2010 season.
Ranking member, U.S.

Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.
The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another. Avarice over-rates the difference between poverty and riches: ambition, that between a private and a public station: vain-glory, that between obscurity and extensive reputation.
There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Public services are never better performed than when their reward comes only in consequence of their being performed, and is proportioned to the diligence employed in performing them.
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations,No apprenticeship has ever been thought necessary to qualify for husbandry, the great trade of the country. After what are called the fine arts, and the liberal professions, however, there is perhaps no trade which requires so great a variety of knowledge and experience.
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same, or very nearly the same, has no occasion to exert his understanding or to exercise his invention in finding out expedients for removing difficulties which never occur. He naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become.
In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods.
All money is a matter of belief.
No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.

Movies

Halloween: Retold
2020
Little Evil
2017
Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist..
Wish You Were Here
2016
Coming out of an accident with amnesia, Sophie Bauer tries to reshape herself in the eyes of those who knew her best..
Clash of the Moths
2016
With the BBC seemingly interested, 3 writers meet up to conclude their latest work, but which will finish first, the script or their friendship?.
Mourning's Landing
2015
Close friends Henry Ambercosti and Cornelius Lanyard while away a summers evening watching the world go by.
Historic Hauntings: A Paranormal Study of Ramsey House
2015
Intrusion
2015
Winter.
Catastrophe!
2015
Egg Timers
2015
Sullivan Kingsley has decided life is meaningless, then things go wrong..
I Don't
2014
Why you shouldn't get married and have kids..
Blind Faith
2014
Two dreamers destined to meet, will learn there is a design to each of our lives and fate has many ways of presenting it to us.
The Search Ends
2014
In 2011, Steve, the Father of a possessed boy, along with Frederick an Exorcist, took his son to the woods to rid him of an evil spirit trapped inside of him which they saw only as a last resort as all else had previously failed.
Invasion of the Twyloites
2014
Rob, a space scientist, finds himself the catalyst for an alien invasion from the planet Twylo.
Benny's Money
2014
Benny gets selected to be a contestant on the hit game show 'Easy Money' making him a local celebrity..
Doctor Cheapshot Part 1: The Missing Edge
2014
As pressure mounts, a young writer tasked with the rewrite of the ending to a script of a failed comic, must rely on the help of a strange intruder as his deadline approaches..
Spin Cycle
2014
Jean Claude Van Damme's Damn Van
2014
Mayor Thomas Knob (Ryan Carroll) plans to demolish the Paradise City hockey stadium to build his new mansion in its place.
Five Ways to Get Rich
2014
JCVDDV TimeCorps Recruitment Video
2014
The Followed
2013
In a support group for women who have been stalked, a young dancer talks of being followed by a strange fan over the years.
Turtle Island
2013
A documentary filmmaker takes his three friends out into the woods of Vermont searching for Bigfoot..
Snuff
2013
Jill, a star of the Internet, decides to take her boyfriend, Jack, on a video blogging adventure to Old Dow Farm.
My Mother Her Daughter
2013
After a violent death in the family, a teenage girl struggles to reconnect with her increasingly distant mother before she loses her too..
Michael Mitchell: The Coyote Slayer
2013
Michael Mitchell is out for revenge after his bunny snowball was eaten by a mysterious animal..
I'm Not Gavin
2013
James and Gavin have applied for the same job.
Case File #2013-195918
2013
A video file is found among the effects of missing person Te Yang.
Fruition
2013
A young woman reflects on the transformations of her youth - discovering that growth implies change..
Thunderbolt
2013
After his uncle Virgil is kidnapped, Thunder Bolt must take down the Shizuka drug cartel to save him..
Reflection of the Soul
2013
James Bond is Back!
Alone
2013
David, a man in his early thirties, is severely impacted by the economic collapse.
The Masked Man
2013
Open Minds: Chris Potter Underground
2012
All Hallows Evil: Lord of the Harvest
2012
The sleepy town of Hallowed Hill is known by many as the Halloween capital of the world because of its history, and because of its Pagan origins.
Bau Brut
2012
BAU BRUT tells the tale of a rogue police officer who kidnaps and tortures three activist youths.
Tea Breakdown
2012
A temping P.
Reparation
2012
When burglars Sean "Wolf" Blessing and William "Fox" Parnell are arrested, following a miscalculation on one of their heists, the two miscreants are sentenced to a newly founded group therapy session entitled "Housebreakers Anonymous"..
No Imagination
2012
Blackbags
2012
Things are getting hot for Ski Mask Guy and his gang of masked villains.
Farewell White City
2012
Control
2012
The Card
2012
Jacob receives a mysterious package containing a Yugioh card that belongs to Nicholas Costello.
Super Black Market: I Won't Forget You
2012
Redemption
2011
1865, the American Civil War has just ended.
Beyond the Realm
2011
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Stash
2011
Money between friends has never been a problem until today.
Post Hoc
2011
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Self-Absorbed
2011
A young man uses his imagination to escape into other people's lives..
Strength in Numbers
2011
The Hymn of a Broken Man.
Between the Silence
2011
A mother dying of a degenerative disease sees her daughter give up her life to take care of her.
Scorn
2011
A sultry woman likes it kinky with hot candle wax.
In the Restroom
2011
A man.
Chronception
2011
Fancy Pants
2011
Fancy-Pants follows our hero Dan as he tries to learn a few tough life lessons, accompanied by Ray Pants, his pair of magical talking trousers.
Suburban Legend
2011
Rolling
2010
Xombie Corps
2010
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Chickenfoot: Additional Footage
2010
Me, Myself, and My Third Eye: 4 Enlightened Stories for 1 Imperfect God
2010
Features four distinct, bizarre, existential tales about people whose lives are in transition, who are each asking questions about themselves, their environments, and about God(s)..
The Catch of the Play
2010
An introverted English student, Henry is driven to finish a reading of Hamlet to a tank of fish before their owner returns..
Sauce (Verb): To Make Agreeable or Less Harsh
2010
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TV

Dixies
2021
Disturb and Protect
2020
Drunk History: Australia
2020
Live from the 8th Dimension
2019
The Bumble Bums
2019
Best Furry Friends
2019
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
2019
Archibald's Next Big Thing
2019
Its Whats Out There
2019
Realmass TV
2018
Drunk History: Australia
2018
The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
2018
Doctor Who Sauchen Studios Collection
2017
Minecraft: The Purge
2017
Ya Killin' Me
2017
Apartment 101
2017
American Monster
2016
Dropperz
2016
Minute Match-Ups
2015
OMG!
2014
Lucky 13
2013
Lucky 13 tells the story of the trials, tribulations, and life lessons of eight strangers who all make their way to Los Angeles to pursue their dreams of "making" it in Hollywood.
I Killed My BFF
2012
When friendships turn deadly..
Bounty Wars
2012
When a fugitive skips court and goes on the run, bail bonds companies are on the hook for the money.
Guidance
2012
Three inept Guidance Counsellors try to reach out to their students, but their own personal issues get in the way..
The Haunting Of
2012
Each episode features celebrities' real life encounters with the paranormal as they return to the site of their traumatic experience.
Live from the Centre
2012
Big Law: Deputy Butterbean
2011
Former heavyweight boxer Eric Esch, more popularly known as Butterbean, barreled into the national ring in the '90s like a 400-pound wrecking ball clad in American flag shorts.
Definitely Accidental
2011
The Learning Place
2009
Cum Blast City
2009
Life's Better with Baseball
2008
Two Ballplayers humorously explore their feminine side..
Saiyuuki Reload
2003
Priest Genjo Sanzo and companions Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku maintain their westward journey to stop the resurrection of the demon Gyoumao.
Big Wave Dave's
1993
It's Alive!
1993
Saturday Night Live for teens.
Handcock's
2024
UDrive Me
2022