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 …

Adam Smith is the best known among economists for his book, The Wealth of Nations, often
viewed as the keystone of modern economic thought. For many he has become associated …

Usury is a concept often associated more with religiously based financial ethics, whether
Christian or Islamic, than with the secular world of contemporary finance. The problem is …

While there had been much radical thought before John Stuart Mill, Joseph Persky argues it
was Mill, as he moved to the left, who provided the radical wing of liberalism with its first …

Abstract Since the Middle Ages, each epoch has participated in the debate over the
conditions in which lending should be prohibited as usury. While disagreements over the …

During the Colonial era usury laws in the United States were strict both in terms of the
maximum rate that could be charged and the penalties that would be imposed. In …

Upon Daedalian wings of paper money Page 1 Upon Daedalian wings of paper money Adam
Smith and the crisis of 1772 Hugh Rockoff A wagon-road through the air1 The commerce and …

The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical
ideas and learning lessons from the past. However, it can sometimes be difficult to trace the …

The insufficiently criticized story of a secularized pre-Revolutionary France has led
historians of economics to consider French political economy as free from the influence of …

Adam Smith and Milton Friedman are famous for championing laissez-faire, yet both
supported government regulation of the banking system. In both cases their deviation from …