NN们帮忙解读一下这段话？看不太懂哦。。

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Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations (wiki background info)

　　his oft quoted passage describes the unintentional consequences that come from individuals' pursuit their "own gain" and security. Smith argued people prefer local industry and are biased against international trade. Ideally, he saw economics as characterized by small local economies interacting with each other and guided by the enlightened self-interest of individuals. This was a reaction against the practices of early transnational corporations (for example: the British East India Company and Muscovy Company) which were mostly unresponsive to the local affairs of people and the stewardship of resources. Though the argument is frequently, and incorrectly, used to justify free-trade policies, The Wealth of Nations was a rebuttal to the scale and effects of chartered monopoly. By positing - now famously - that "self-interest" promotes more just societies, he was prescribing to economies already heavily tilted against individual human agency. For instance, American colonists were permitted to grow cotton but not to manufacture it. The cotton was shipped to England for processing, then purchased back as clothing. Smith felt opposing large multinational corporations (and the governments that support them), allowed individuals to direct industry "in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value." This value comes from the individual's self-interest and leads to an result that is "no part of his intention."