A Beautiful Mind2001

Hansen:
Recall the lessons of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics. "In competition …"

Everybody:
"… individual ambition serves the common good."

John:
Adam Smith needs revision.

Hansen:
What are you talking about?

John:
Adam Smith said the best result comes from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself. Right? That's what he said, right?

Hansen:
Right.

John:
Incomplete. Incomplete, okay? Because the best result will come from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself … and the group.

Hansen:
Nash, if this is some way for you to get the blonde on your own, you can go to hell.

John:
Governing dynamics, gentlemen. Governing dynamics. Adam Smith...he was wrong.