Teaching with the Wealth of Nations
July 2019
with Alice Temnick
with Alice Temnick
Wednesday, July 10: On the Division of Labor
o Reading: Article to Introduce Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations Economics and the Ordinary Person: Re-Reading Adam Smith, Samuel Fleishacker
o Reading from Wealth of Nations: Book 1 Ch. 1 Of the Division of Labor
o AdamSmithWorks Website: An Animal That Trades: Division of Labor
Wednesday, July 17: On Farm Subsidies
o Explore this Teacher Resource Collection: Why Subsidize Farmers?
o Reading: Wealth of Nations Book IV, Ch V On Bounties
Wednesday, July 24: On Free Trade and Exchange
o Explore this Teacher Resource Collection: Can Trade Wars Be Won?
o Reading: Wealth of Nations Book IV, Chapter II Of Restraints upon the Importation from Foreign Countries of such Goods as can be Produced at Home
o AdamSmithWorks Website: An Animal That Trades: The Free Market