经济学鼻祖亚当·斯密对行业协会(Corporations,《国富论》有不同译本,有的译为行业协会,有的译为同业公会,是指同行业者的组织,包括商人和可接收学徒的工匠)并无好感,在他的经典巨著《国富论》中,行业协会的出现就带着原罪。亚当·斯密在《国富论》中指出:同一行业的人即使为了娱乐和消遣而集合在一起,他们的谈话也很少不涉及反对公众的阴谋和某种提高价格的策划。行业协会的出现就是为了限制行业中的竞争,为了防止由于自由竞争所必然造成 Adam Smith, the founder of economics, has different versions of the Corporations (Wealth of Nations), some trade associations, and some translates as guilds, which refer to the same trade organizations, including tradesmen and artisans who can receive apprenticeships ) No favor, in his classic masterpiece “Wealth of Nations”, the emergence of trade associations with original sin. In Smith’s Theory of Wealth, Adam Smith pointed out that even if people in the same industry are brought together for entertainment and amusement, their conversation seldom involves the plot against the public and some plan to raise prices. The emergence of trade associations is to limit the competition in the industry, in order to prevent the inevitable result of free competition