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 ...

Just four months before The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth ...

Dr Madsen Pirie, president of the Adam Smith Institute, neatly summed up the views of the Kirkcaldy-born ‘Father of Economics’ on tariffs in an article following Donald Trump’s election victory.