Tao Te Ching

“any new law or regulation of commerce ought always to be listened to with great precaution... It comes from an order of men, whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, who have generally an interest to deceive and even to oppress the public, and who accordingly have, upon many occasions, both deceived and oppressed it.”

— Adam Smith 1723 – 1790 CE
''The Father of Economic Capitalism"
from Wealth of Nations