John Yule is an actor who lives in Cricoddy, Scotland.

If you watch a lot of British TV dramas, you may have seen him playing a doctor or a hotel

manager, a police sergeant, but lately he's been moving away from acting.

I've written two plays and I'm writing another one.

One of those two plays is about Andrew Carnegie, who made his fortune in America but grew up

nearby in Dunfermland.

The other play called The Invisible Hand is about Adam Smith, who is often called the founder

of modern economics.

He grew up just down the street from where John Yule lives.

He's from here and I always thought there was a story in it and Cricoddy doesn't do enough

to perpetuate the greatness of Adam Smith.

That is changing.

Cricoddy is preparing to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith's birth.

The church where he was baptized is being restored.

There are plans for a museum and cultural center.

John Yule doesn't blame his neighbors for not caring enough about Adam Smith.

He didn't really care either until he started working on his play.

I was aware of Adam Smith but not entirely of his legend of his contribution to economics

really and to philosophy.

I knew about it but as most people you would find actually don't know.

They know about the wealth of nations and they know that Margaret Thatcher, the enemy,

always had a copy of wealth of nations the legend goes in her handbag.

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