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 ...

The concept of the invisible hand is often credited to economist Adam Smith, as the term appeared in his 1759 work, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," and again in "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776.

We’ve heard far less about how Trump’s economic “philosophy” is a fundamental repudiation of American ... relying on the sorts of arguments made by the likes of Adam Smith, Frédéric ...