Speaking of Smith Archives

Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand

Douglas Curtis and Jeremy Lott

Have you ever wondered what an invisible hand looks like?

Samuel Gregg on The Next American Economy

Samuel Gregg with Juliette Sellgren

April 28, 2023

Great Antidote Extras: Scott Lincicome on the New American Worker

Christy Lynn for AdamSmithWorks

Scott Lincicome and host Juliette Sellgren talk about the range of policies that are considered “pro-worker” and how that range is often artificially narrowed. They explore the challenges of messaging and suggest possible solutions.

Adam Smith Stories: Too Interesting to be Omitted

Christy Lynn for AdamSmithWorks

Learn more about the one incident from Smith's childhood that has made it through the veils of time: his abduction and rescue from when he was four years old.

What Adam Smith Ate: Vinegar

Renee Wilmeth for AdamSmithWorks

In Adam Smith’s household, it’s likely that his mother or cousin, Janet Douglas, would have ensured the cooks pickled vegetables or fermented cabbage or turnips.

Scott Lincicome on the New American Worker

Scott Lincicome with Juliette Sellgren

Great Antidote Extras: Mark Calabria on Shelter from the Storm

Christy Lynn for AdamSmithWorks

Should people who care deeply about increasing freedom work for the government? Let's hear from the affirmative.

Mark Calabria on Shelter from the Storm

Mark Calabria with Juliette Sellgren

Speaking of Smith: Top Ten Posts

Christy Lynn for AdamSmithWorks

AdamSmithWorks has been posting Speaking Of Smith posts for over three years. We looked at the most viewed posts and pulled them together for your enjoyment and education.

Dear Adam Smith: What About a Beer?

Should "Looking for Simple Pleasures" stop by the pub or keep walking? Adam Smith talks about the heart, the pocket book, and government budgets in his response.

Troy Senik on Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik with Juliette Sellgren

Learn more about the least well-known two-term president. While tariffs and the price of silver aren't as important to American politics now as they were then, integrity and careful compromises are.

Great Antidote Extras: Peter Boettke on Don Lavoie and Central Planning, Part 2

Janet Bufton for AdamSmithWorks

"Lavoie advocates that we turn the core insight of public choice on its head. Human action in the market sphere isn’t separate from politics but is imbued with the same value-rich interpersonal discourse that permeates all social activities (and could form the building blocks for radically liberal self-governance). People are people, even in the market."