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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20050207
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THE world's most powerful banker paid tribute to one of Scotland's most famous sons yesterday.

Alan Greenspan, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve - the equivalent of the Bank of England - visited Kirkcaldy in Fife to honour Adam Smith.

At St Bryce's Church, he used his Adam Smith Memorial Lecture to honour the author of The Wealth of Nations.

Mr Greenspan said: 'I am particularly pleased to be here.

This is the birthplace of Adam Smith in 1721 and, by extension, modern economics. His is a towering contribution to the development of the modern world. In 1776 he ...

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