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Economic Revolution
Economic Revolution Mid-18th
United Arab Emirates University
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Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics , UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae

* done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID :

Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics , UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae

* done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID :

( Adam Smith - scientific curiosity )

Intro : In 1800s century was a time of tremendous changes and discoveries in economic thought Which led to an economic revolution : is a rapid change in the economic system of a society .Nevertheless, the eighteenth century does represent a decisive break in the history of technology and the economy. The famous inventions–the spinning jenny, the steam engine, coke smelting, and so forth–deserve their renown1, for they mark the start of a process that has carried the West, at least, to the mass prosperity of the twenty-first century . a knowledge of economic thought makes us enable to realize and understand the way economic science , like other branches of science , grows , expands and undergoes a mutation but never achieves perfection .
Come to appreciate that most modern ideas have long histories .IN this report am going to talk about a man who changed the economic " Adam smith" and discuss the Scientific curiosity in the economic revolution

Adam smith ( 1732 – 90 ) , the kindly , brilliant founder of the classial school was born in the seaport and manufacturing town of Kirkaldy, Scotland . he studied moral and political science and languages at Balliol College , Oxford . Smith began delivering public lectures in
1748 at Edinburgh after that he was elected professor of logic at Glasgow College in 1751.
His contribution to the development of economic since ( especially when we look at the influence which his views and work exerted upon the moulding of future economic thought and policy ) cannot be

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