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 ...

Adam Smith studied at the University of Glasgow and Oxford University, after which he lectured for a time at the University of Edinburgh, and then for thirteen years at the University of Glasgow (1751 ...

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.

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

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.

In the fourth part of our Adam Smith tercentenary series, Professor Kathleen Riach talks to Dominic Ryan about how Smith’s influence spread far beyond economics with his views in relation to ...

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 ...