During the mid-18ᵗʰ century, British economist ________, who came to be known as the father of free market and open trade systems, recognized the absurdity of Mercantilism.

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Adam Smith is widely recognized as the father of free market and open trade systems, and in his book "The Wealth of Nations," published in 1776, he criticized Mercantilism and proposed the concept of laissez-faire capitalism. Bertil Ohlin and Eli Heckscher were later economists who developed the theory of international trade, while Henry Ford was an American industrialist and John Locke was an Enlightenment philosopher.

During the Mid-18ᵗʰ Century, British Economist ________, Who Came to Be