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Why is Adam Smith important today?

The Smith Questionnaire

The Smith Questionnaire


Watch as we subject some of our favorite scholars to some silly questions about Smith.

AdamSmithWorks Reading Groups

An Opportunity for Reading and Thinking Together
We are pleased to offer Virtual Reading Groups on a variety of topics related to Smith, designed to gather interested individuals interested in serious and civil discussion.  These are now listed along with other virtual reading groups at the Online Library of Liberty's Community page

Click here for more information about past AdamSmithWorks Virtual Reading Groups.

Scholars’ Portal

Research on Adam Smith and his work across disciplines is ongoing. The ASW Scholars' Portal is a password-protected online workspace to promote new scholarship and connect Smith scholars across the globe.

Smith, Hume, Liberalism, and Esotericism

Papers for a special issue of Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

This collection includes fourteen papers (eleven focused on Smith, three on Hume) proposed for this special issue.

Feedback on the papers was provided at a conference (November 2018) on early drafts  by, among others, Dennis Rasmussen, Brandon Turner, Nelson Lund, Richard Boyd, Peter McNamara, Jerry Weinberger, and Arthur Melzer.

Feedback welcome: Esoteric interpretation is an affair inherently uncertain and hazardous. Feedback will be much appreciated. Email addresses for each author are provided.