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Adam Smith, is regarded as the founder of classical political economy. His work, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", is one of the masterpieces of political economy. Adam Smith, a moral philosopher at the same time, is one of the most important of the classical liberal thinkers. In the economic structure, expressed in many academic publications and discussions, his adoption of a limited understanding of the state, and opinion that the state's economic inactivity outside the defense, security, justice and basic public services is put forward. In addition, his emphasis that people are economic actors pursuing their own interests and as a result of these features, without being aware they have increased social welfare is stated. In this context, Adam Smith is generally considered as a strict common-market liberal. In this study, Adam Smith, not as previously thought is an individualistic or a solid pro-market thinker, imposed some other tasks on the state about taxation and public services and in this sense the view that he is a more moderate liberal thinker, have been expressed

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