Search
Search Results
-
Friedrich List on Adam Smith
Friedrich List was a prophet of industrialization advocating policies designed for a successful long-run catching-up process of the German economy to...
-
Adam Smith and David Hume: Two Friends
The question of moral action was just as important for Adam Smith as it was for David Hume. Their special friendship between the two great thinkers...
-
300 Years of Adam Smith Reception and Influence in Selected European Countries
To mark the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith’s birth, the 37th Heilbronn Symposium on Economics and the Social Sciences was dedicated to his...
-
Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer on Adam Smith: An Early Reception of Adam Smith in the German States
Different from the usual portrayal that it was not until the turn of the nineteenth century that Adam Smith’s work became influential, the extensive...
-
Adam Smith and His Reception and Influence in Norway
The Enlightenment contributed to economic reforms in Denmark-Norway at the end of the eighteenth century and to the translation of Adam Smith’s...
-
Butler and Adam Smith on Conscience, Self-deceit and General Rules
There are two principal issues[aut]Smith, Adam discussedSelf-deceit in thisGeneral rules chapter. Firstly, it examines the relationship between...
-
Adam Smith in the Works of Goetz Briefs
For Goetz Briefs, the study of classical economics was one of the central elements of his academic career. Unlike other representatives of the social...
-
Adam Smith (1723–1790)
After having studied this chapter, the reader should be able to:
-
Adam Smith and Carl Menger: Who Invented the Invisible Hand?
Adam Smith is often said to have used the metaphor of the “invisible hand” to characterize the coordination of the individual interests of members of...
-
Diamonds are not forever: Adam Smith and Carl Menger on value and relative status
The differences on value between Smith and Menger may be other from previously alleged if status is included as a need satisfied only by truly scarce...
-
Butler and the Scottish Enlightenment: His Relationship with Adam Smith
Butler and Smith had similarities inEnlightenment their moral philosophy. Butler's conscience resembles Smith's impartial spectatorImpartial...
-
Adam Smith (1723–1790): Uncovering His Legacy for Regional Science
The aim of this major piece of original scholarship by Roberto Camagni is to justify the inclusion of Adam Smith among the Great Minds of Regional...
-
Adam Smith and Economic Progress
In “Introduction and Plan of the Work” of the Wealth of Nations, Smith (1776) points out that a nation’s annual supply of “necessaries and...
-
Vilfredo Pareto’s Sociologia in relation to Adam Smith’s the theory of moral sentiments
It is abundantly clear that Vilfredo Pareto held Adam Smith in high regard for his contributions to political economy, yet, in his Trattato di...
-
Puviani on Smith on Taxes
Amilcare Puviani (1854–1907), a distinguished member of the Italian “scuola di scienza delle finanze,” of the late nineteenth century and early...
-
Was Adam Smith an evolutionary economist?: Smith’s study of botany and Charles Darwin’s theory of morality
This paper aims to extend and provide a new understanding of Adam Smith’s thoughts by focusing on some revisions in the 4th edition of The Theory of...
-
The Puzzle of Adam Smith’s Conception of Man
During the first hundred years, the German reception of Smith’s Wealth of Nations was very widespread but not without questions and critic. When with...
-
Adam Smith on Self-interest
Adam Smith extolled various virtues including benevolence in his The Theory of Moral Sentiments, although he focused primarily on self-interest in...
-
Adam Smith’s System A Re-Interpretation Inspired by Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric, Game Theory, and Conjectural History
Inspired by his lectures on rhetoric and by game theory, this book provides a new interpretation of Adam Smith’s system of thought. It highlights its...
-
Adam Smith’s Sentimental Education
The fifth and final philosopher I consider is Adam Smith. Conventional (if not scholarly) wisdom has long considered Smith primarily in terms of the...