Economists Paper

Economists Paper

Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland in 1723. He then left Kirkcaldy to attend Glasgow University in 1738, where he studied moral philosophy under Francis Hutcheson. In 1748 went back to Scotland with Lord Kames as his patron giving public lectures in Edinburgh. In 1751, Smith became a professor in logic, and in 1752 a professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow University. One of Smiths many writings earned him a new job as a tutor to the young Duke of Buccleuch. He then resigned as professor, and he and the Duke traveled in France. In 1778 he was appointed to a comfortable post as commissioner of customs in Scotland, and went to live with his mother in Edinburgh. He died there in 1790 at the age of 67.
Karl Marx was born in Treves, Germany in 1818. He studied at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and would eventually become the editor of a liberal newspaper at Cologne. His articles in this paper caused it to be covered up by the government in 184...