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No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

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Adam Smith
Age: 67 †
Born: 1723
Born: June 16
Died: 1790
Died: July 17
Economist
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
University Teacher
Writer
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Scarcity
Complaints
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Complaint

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