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 …

This book offers an interpretation of how Adam Smith dealt with what he saw as a
fundamental problem: an explanation of the economic order in commercial societies of the …

This article argues that the self-love that motivates exchange in The Wealth of Nations (WN)
can be seen as the desire for deserved approval discussed by Adam Smith in The Theory of …

Sen claims that his 2009 theory of justice is based in part upon Smith's idea of the 'impartial
spectator'. His claim has received criticism: some authors have responded that his …

Adam Smith's discourse on wage labour is both original for its time and complex. While
Smith indisputably considered the substitution of serfdom by wage labour as an …

Adam Smith was born 300 years ago, in June 1723. The son of a Scottish lawyer and
customs commissioner grew to become a great Enlightenment thinker who gained global …

This paper investigates the rather neglected relevance of persuasion in Smith's corpus and
its foundational character. Smith's permanent and comprehensive concern with persuasion …

Adam Smith's name is regularly praised or damned, depending on the author's politics.
Unfortunately, partial knowledge of Adam Smith's actual ideas (including his well-hidden …

This chapter describes in what sense Smith's conception of human nature can be defined in
different ways, and how it is related to some tendencies and desires, such as sociability …

Zusammenfassung Vor 300 Jahren, im Juni 1723, kam Adam Smith auf die Welt. Aus dem
Sohn eines schottischen Anwalts und Zollkommissars wurde ein großer Aufklärer, der vor …