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The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "Owens believes individuals acting in their self-interest will lead to the maximum social benefit, while Smith does not." That is how Smith's view of the economy expressed in this excerpt compare to Owen's
The answer is:
Smith believes individuals acting in their self-interest will lead to the maximum social benefit, while Owens does not.
Robert Owen, was one of the founders of the utopic socialism, which stated that self interest didn´t lead to social benefit. He promoted cooperatives and working class rights, but eventually he was bought out of his business because his partners didn´t like his ways of doing things.