A century from now economists will name Charles Darwin, not Adam Smith, as the intellectual founder of the discipline, because Darwin's vision of the competitive process is more accurate and descriptive than Smith's (as channeled by neoclassical economics).

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Robert Frank

Evidence Quote

“in time we'll recognize that Darwin's vision of the competitive process was just a lot more accurate and descriptive than Smith's was”

Source

Robert Frank on Competition, Government, and Darwin 09/12/2011— EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 9:48:29 AM

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