Talk:Adam Smith

"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. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies; much less to render them necessary." - The Wealth of Nations

I included the rest of the quote because I felt it was taken out of context. The abridged version is frequently noted as proof that Adam Smith supports anti-trust legislation.