Tour Scotland Travel Video Adam Smith Statue In The Rain Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the statue of Adam Smith, the first modern economist , in the rain, on the Royal Mile on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Adam Smith, was born in Kirkcaldy in 1723. He became a well renowned lecturer in economics and he is best remembered for the first serious study of economics on a massive and International scale originally titled, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and later abbreviated by publishers to The Wealth Of Nations. It was written at his mother’s house in the High Street of Kirkcaldy. The honoured statue was created by Alexander Stoddart, Scotland's leading monumental sculptor, and was unveiled by Nobel Laureate Economist Professor Vernon L. Smith.

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