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When people in the same trade meet, the talk usually turns to conspiring against the public or raising prices
Drawn from what Adam Smith said
What Adam Smith actually said
- Adam Smith Scottish moral philosopher and economist (1723 to 1790)
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Where this was said
↗An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsgutenberg.org
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