Reviewing Prof. Glory Liu’s “Adam Smith’s America” (Books, Dec. 17), Barton Swaim shares his judgment that Smith’s “Theory of Moral Sentiments” “isn’t very good,” adding: “It’s mostly unreadable, to ...

On the occasion of his 300th birthday, Adam Smith—the Scottish Enlightenment luminary and so-called father of capitalism—was not available for comment, despite attempts to contact him via Ouija board ...

In the middle of the 18th century, philosopher and economist Adam Smith wrote that behavior is guided by an “Impartial Spectator.” Almost a century later, St. John Henry Newman addressed the “Moral ...

The oft-cited theatricality of Adam Smith's impartial spectator is contentious and rests on a generalized notion of theatre. This essay argues both that Smith, like his predecessors in sentimental ...

User-Created Clip by zlowe January 13, 2023 2022-12-04T20:24:44-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/bea/001/1670203597_001.jpg Harvard University lecturer Glory Liu ...

ZEIT: Do you see a solution to this problem? Smith: I do, actually, although they are politically difficult. From both my economic analysis and moral philosophy, there are actually clear solutions, ...

Celebrated primarily as a theorist of economic liberalism, Adam Smith (1723-90) also made important contributions to philosophy, especially to moral philosophy. He is considered the father of modern ...

ZEIT: This is one part of the story, but not the only one. The rivalry of the great powers has brought enormous wealth to our age. The high tech we have used to resurrect you at your conference table, ...