Published on 9 March 1776, during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution, “The Wealth of Nations” exerted a significant influence on various authors, economists, governments, and organizations. One notable figure impacted by the work was Alexander Hamilton, who drew inspiration from it for his “Report on Manufactures,” where he contested several of Smith’s policies. Intriguingly, Hamilton derived much of his report from the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and it was, in part, Colbert’s concepts that Smith addressed in “The Wealth of Nations.” Numerous other authors, such as Jean-Baptiste Say, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, and later, Ludwig von Mises, were also influenced by the book, using it as a foundational reference in their own works. Even the Russian national poet Aleksandr Pushkin made a reference to “The Wealth of Nations” in his 1833 verse-novel “Eugene Onegin.”
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