# His Master — The Wealth of Nations character guide

> His Master in The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** his master

**First appearance:** 0011-viii-of-the-wages-of-labour

## Snapshot

The individual employer invoked in Smith's examples, whose decisions about hiring and wages ripple through the small economies around him.

## Who they are

In Smith's illustrative cases, 'his master' stands for the particular man whose interest and temper shape a worker's prospects. He is neither villain nor benefactor by default — just the party on the other side of the wage bargain. His choices help Smith demonstrate how self-interest, custom, and law together determine what labour actually earns.

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