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The National Gain, (Den Nationnale Winsten), is the main work of the Finnish scientist, philosopher and politician Anders Chydenius, published in 1765. In this thesis Chydenius argues in favour of free export trade rights for the Swedish-Finnish Ostrobothnia and lays down the principles of liberalism and the free markets - for example, free trade and industry - eleven years before Adam Smith. The book also includes the description of what Adam Smith later named as invisible hand.
Anders Chydenius was a student of another famous Finnish scientist, Pehr Kalm.
An English language translation for The National Gain book can be found on the Chydenius Foundation web site: The National Gain
"The National Gain"