Creating Wealth: The Cantillon or the Smith Way

Tags: Cantillon, Entrepreneurship, The Entrepreneur, World History

05/07/2024 Phil Duffy

Although mainstream economists hold that Adam Smith is the father of modern economics, it was Richard Cantillon that recognized the centrality of entrepreneurship in economic development.

Original Article: Creating Wealth: The Cantillon or the Smith Way

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