Eric Schliesser's Adam Smith is the product of two decades' reflection by the author on the
great Scottish Enlightenment. Unique among treatments of Adam Smith, Schliesser's book …

Few writings are more often cited as a cornerstone of modern economic thought than those
of Adam Smith. Few are less read. The sheer strength of his great work, The Wealth of …

This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of
Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Updated to …

Adam Smith (1723–90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free
market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism. From his ideas about the …

Adam Smith in Context delves into some central components of Smith's thought, especially
his moral philosophy, and challenges some commonly shared views. It combines …

In this accessible book, Gavin Kennedy takes a fresh look at Adam Smith's moral philosophy
and its links to his political economy and his lectures on Jurisprudence. The book provides a …

Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an early proponent
of the modern market economy. Political economy, however, was only one part of Smith's …

Although Adam Smith is often thought of today as an economist, he was in fact (as his great
contemporaries Hume, Burke, Kant, and Hegel recognized) an original and insightful thinker …

In an excellent article entitled 'The socialization of the individual in Adam Smith'Robert
Heilbroner states:“The Adam Smith problem lingers at two levels”(1982, 427). At one level …

The second edition of this guide to Adam Smith's system of thought has been fully updated
to reflect recent developments in Smith scholarship and the author's experience of teaching …