# How Adam Smith Helped Create Modern Unionism

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Published: 2026-07-10T13:37:02+00:00
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While Adam Smith is celebrated in some circles as the “Father of Free-Market Economics” (Austrians would disagree), his writings on the “disadvantages” of the worker are misleading. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-adam-smith-helped-create-modern-unionism

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