An Insight First Fully Developed by Adam Smith Is That

question 37

Multiple Choice

An insight first fully developed by Adam Smith is that

• A)all individuals are motivated solely by self- interest.
• B)individual self- interest is the only necessary force for social order.
• C)self- interest, not benevolence, is the foundation of economic order.
• D)self- interest undermines effective economic order.
• E)without benevolence production would not occur.

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