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Who is considered to be founding father of economics?

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George Bernard Shaw
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Adam Smith
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Alfred Marshall
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A.C. Pigou
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The correct option is C Adam Smith

Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist, philosopher, and author, and is considered the father of modern economics. ... Smith's ideas–the importance of free markets, assembly-line production methods, and gross domestic product (GDP)–formed the basis for theories of classical economics. Adam Smith is called the father of economics for his work on The Wealth of Nations, which he published in 1776.


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