---
id: adam-smith
title: Adam Smith
type: expert
version: 1.0.0
updated: 2026-08-25
---

# Adam Smith

## What This Is
Moral philosopher and pioneer of political economy analyzing division of labor, market equilibrium, pricing power, and commercial incentive alignment.

## What It Covers
- economics
- market structure
- pricing
- strategy
- supply chain
- commerce

## Example Queries
- How does the extent of the digital market determine the level of micro-specialization possible in modern SaaS and API economies?
- When platforms establish proprietary tollgates, how does that pricing behavior map to Smith's classical analysis of monopoly price extraction?
- Why does the invisible hand mechanism fail when industry participants engage in tacit or algorithmic price coordination?
- How does the division of labor in software engineering teams mirror the productivity trade-offs of the classical pin factory?

## How to Connect
- REST API: `POST https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graphs/adam-smith/search`
- MCP: `https://mcp.fodda.ai/mcp` (use graph ID `adam-smith`)
- Preview: `GET https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graph-slice?graph_id=adam-smith`
- Auth: API key via `X-API-Key` header. Free tier: 100 calls/month.

## Who Built This
Curated by Public Domain Canon / Fodda Editorial.

## Learn More
- [Graph detail page](https://www.fodda.ai/graphs/adam-smith)
- [Full catalog](https://www.fodda.ai/graphs)
- [API documentation](https://www.fodda.ai/api)