The Scotland into which Adam Smith was born had a population of a little over a million and, although it was one of the most urbanised societies in Europe, its burghs were small: Edinburgh was ...

“The aim of this symposium is to collate Adam Smith’s ideas and establish his legacy through open, engaging and frank conversations about how his thinking reflects attitudes and reactions to ...

First of all, as David Bahnsen and I talked about on the Capital Record, there’s some ambiguity on the exact date of Adam Smith’s birth.His birthdate was not recorded, and all we have is the ...

In day two of our Adam Smith commemoration, ... as well as other thinkers in the traditions of economics and moral philosophy. “He’s adapting ideas, absorbing ideas, ...

Her first book, Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher became an Icon of American Capitalism, is a history of of the reception of Adam Smith's ideas in America.

More than 200 years after his death, Adam Smith’s political and moral philosophy and his foundational work in economics remain highly relevant. We believe they provide useful insights into how ...

Giovanni Arrighi’s Adam Smith in Beijing (2007) explores the rise of China as a global economic power through the lens of Adam Smith’s theories, particularly those in The Wealth of Nations. Arrighi ...

On the 302nd anniversary of Adam Smith’s ... Happy birthday Adam Smith, your ideas are still fresh ... of Kirkcaldy before going up to the University of Glasgow to read moral philosophy.

On the 302nd anniversary of Adam Smith’s baptism, his enduring insights into free trade and the folly of protectionism remain a powerful rebuttal to today’s rising economic nationalism, says Eliot ...