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| Dear Listers,
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| J Schumpeter’s *History of Economic Analysis*, M Blaug’s *Retrospect*, and M Rothbard’s *An Austrian Perspective
| on HET* report that Adam Smith has been incorretly thought to have created the science of economics and known as
| the “Founding Father.”
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| I have been wondering: who thought so? These books do not provide any references. I did a quick search on Google
| but had no reliable results. Does anybody know when and who exactly coined or used the term “founding father”
| and thought Adam Smith created the science of economics?
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| Regards,
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| Altug Yalcintas
| Ankara University

Hi allo,

Might there be in this expression «founding father» a more or less             
conscious recall of the importance of the Church Fathers, early                   
theologians of christianism (who, as no one ignores, were all males)?                
                                                                                  
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