In one book, this man argues that the fall of the Roman Empire led to the rise of townsfolk with privileges over country folk.
In one book, this man argues that the fall of the Roman Empire led to the rise of townsfolk with privileges over country folk. He argued for mandated universal education up to age ten in a book which worried that the repetition of one continuous task would dull laborers' minds. This man used the "sympathy" of an "impartial spectator" as the basis for a 1759 work of (*) ethics that was inspired by his teacher Francis Hutcheson. This author of A Theory of Moral Sentiments discussed the "natural progress of opulence" in a huge book which noted the self-interest of brewers, butchers, and bakers in critiquing mercantilism. For 10 points, name this Scottish Enlightenment author who used the term "invisible hand" exactly once in The Wealth of Nations.
In one book, this man argues that the fall of the Roman Empire led to the rise of townsfolk with privileges over country folk.
Adam Smith