* 1671 – John Law, Scottish economist ( d. 1729 )

David Hume ( 25 August 1776 ) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.

* 1980 – Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist ( b. 1883 )

* 1936 – James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist ( d. 1790 )

Hutton was one of the most influential participants in the Scottish Enlightenment, and fell in with numerous first-class minds in the sciences including John Playfair, philosopher David Hume and economist Adam Smith.

* Adam Smith ( 1723 – 1790 ) Scottish economist and philosopher.

* John Law, Scottish economist

* Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher

* July 17 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher ( b. 1723 )

* June 5 – ( baptised ) Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher ( d. 1790 )

* April 21 – John Law, Scottish economist ( d. 1729 )

* March 21 – John Law, Scottish economist ( b. 1671 )

* David Hume, a Scottish philosopher, economist and historian

A Scottish economist and finacier, John Law, exiled after killing a man in a duel, had travelled around Europe before settling in France.

According to cooperative economist Charles Gide, the aim of a cooperative wholesale society is to arrange “ bulk purchases, and, if possible, organise production .” The best historical example of this were the English CWS and the Scottish CWS, which were the forerunners to the modern Co-operative Group.

* James Mill ( 1773 – 1836 ), a Scottish historian, economist and philosopher

James Mill ( 6 April 1773 – 23 June 1836 ) was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher.

* Ralph Glasser ( 3 April 1916 – 6 March 2002 ) was a Scottish psychologist and economist, writer of the Growing up in the Gorbals autobiography

In the 18th century, the Scottish social philosopher and political economist Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) proposed that the " truck, barter, and exchange " activities of the market were corresponding economic representations of human nature, that is, the buying and selling of commodities were activities intrinsic to the market, and thus are the " natural behaviour " of the market.

Giffen goods are named after Scottish economist Sir Robert Giffen, who was attributed as the author of this idea by Alfred Marshall in his book Principles of Economics.

The Scottish economist James Mill restates Say's law in 1808, writing that " production of commodities creates, and is the one and universal cause which creates a market for the commodities produced.

Sir Robert Giffen KCB ( 22 July 1837 – 12 April 1910 ), was a Scottish statistician and economist.

James Wilson ( 3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860 ) was a Scottish businessman, economist and Liberal politician.

* 1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish reporter

* 1714 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader ( d. 1788 )

He and other Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed what he called a ' science of man ', which was expressed historically in works by authors including James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behave in ancient and primitive cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.

The Age of the Passions: An Interpretation of Adam Smith and Scottish Enlightenment Culture.

A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, a founder member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and active in the Select Society, his protégés included James Boswell, David Hume and Adam Smith.

* 1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer, designed Culzean Castle ( d. 1792 )

* 1984 – Adam Nelson, Scottish footballer

Written in 1776 by Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher, The Wealth of Nations aims for efficient organization of work through Specialization of labor.

* June 18 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader ( b. 1714 )

* February 22 – Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian ( b. 1723 )

** Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian ( d. 1816 )

* April 14 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader ( d. 1788 )

There is a Scottish school of universal grammarians from the 18th century, to be distinguished from the philosophical language project, and including authors such as James Beattie, Hugh Blair, James Burnett, James Harris, and Adam Smith.

David Hume and Adam Smith at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Among the Scottish thinkers and scientists of the period were Francis Hutcheson, Alexander Campbell, David Hume, Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Reid, Robert Burns, Adam Ferguson, John Playfair, Joseph Black and James Hutton.

Scottish Enlightenment thinkers developed what Hume called a ' science of man ' which was expressed historically in works by such as James Burnett, Adam Ferguson, John Millar and William Robertson, all of whom merged a scientific study of how humans behave in ancient and primitive cultures with a strong awareness of the determining forces of modernity.

The idea of unintended consequences dates back at least to Adam Smith, the Scottish Enlightenment, and consequentialism ( judging by results ).