Dr. Stanley Schwartz, Speaker for Adam Smith Week

Building: Scharnberg Business and Communication Center Room: 102, 103, 104 Audience: Faculty & Staff Event Type: Conference Contact name: Beth Laswell Contact email: blaswell@cedarville.edu The Berry Free Enterprise and Cedarville History and Government departments celebrate Adam Smith week. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is widely regarded as the father of modern economics. In his seminal 1776 work, The Wealth of Nations, he laid the foundational philosophical framework for the free enterprise system by arguing that open markets and self-interest drive prosperity more effectively than government control.