Historical Statistic of the Day
In March 2008, a collector paid over $100,000 for a 1st edition copy of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. You can buy a copy today online for $185,000.
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Brandon Dupont, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Economics at Western Washington University where he teaches economic history, the history of economic thought, microeconomics, labor economics and political economy. He has published on a variety of topics in American economic history and labor economics and is currently working on an undergraduate history of economic thought textbook.