Speaking of Smith Archives
Devoured by Wild Beasts or Drowned Like Puppies? With Markets, Neither
Maria Pia Paganelli for AdamSmithWorks
Adam Smith understood that prosperity decreases desperation and spares the lives of many infants, older persons, and vulnerable others who cannot participate directly in production. Have today's critics of markets forgotten this lesson?
Adam Smith understood that prosperity decreases desperation and spares the lives of many infants, older persons, and vulnerable others who cannot participate directly in production. Have today's critics of markets forgotten this lesson?
Smithian Exchange Among Non-Human Animals
James E. Hanley for AdamSmithWorks
Smith wrote about the human propensity to "truck, barter, and exchange," but the modern science of animal behavior suggests that we are not exactly alone in this capability.
Smith wrote about the human propensity to "truck, barter, and exchange," but the modern science of animal behavior suggests that we are not exactly alone in this capability.
The Moon Phase Watch and Adam Smith’s Philosophy of History
Graham McAleer for AdamSmithWorks
Adam Smith, Francis Fukuyama, and the Indignity of UBI
Thomas Koenig for AdamSmithWorks
UBI does not speak to the demands of dignity, nor to the Smithian needs to be seen and respected.
UBI does not speak to the demands of dignity, nor to the Smithian needs to be seen and respected.
Bargaining with the Butcher, Baker, and Brewer: A New Look at Smith’s Most Famous Sentences
Jacob Sider Jost for AdamSmithWorks
Our desire to persuade each other is not reducible to our pursuit of self-interest in a narrow material sense; it is rather a deep feature of human nature, one we share with the men and women whom we rely on for our food.
Our desire to persuade each other is not reducible to our pursuit of self-interest in a narrow material sense; it is rather a deep feature of human nature, one we share with the men and women whom we rely on for our food.
