merchants and manufacturers, n.Definitions

Merchants and manufacturers (n.) were, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Adam Smith, the principal architects of English policy, who saw their own interests served however grievous the harm to others.