Speaking of Smith Archives
The 18th Century and Social Networking
Carl Oberg for AdamSmithWorks
“...The mirth of … company is highly agreeable to him, and he regards this correspondence of their sentiments with his own as the greatest applause.”
“...The mirth of … company is highly agreeable to him, and he regards this correspondence of their sentiments with his own as the greatest applause.”
A Sense of How to Respond
Janet Bufton for AdamSmithWorks
Part of what makes a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic so unsettling is that the established rules have to go out the window... Luckily, we have more than an inflexible list of rules. We have our moral sentiments.
Part of what makes a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic so unsettling is that the established rules have to go out the window... Luckily, we have more than an inflexible list of rules. We have our moral sentiments.
Institutional Competition and the Scottish Enlightenment
Nicolas Maloberti for AdamSmithWorks
David Hume thought that the central advantage of this diversity of governments was related to the rise and progress of the arts and sciences.
David Hume thought that the central advantage of this diversity of governments was related to the rise and progress of the arts and sciences.
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
Amy Willis for AdamSmithWorks
Part 4 of 4 of Amy Willis' #ReadWithMe on Andrew Curran's Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely: Politics, Education, and Ideology
Part 4 of 4 of Amy Willis' #ReadWithMe on Andrew Curran's Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely: Politics, Education, and Ideology
Adam Smith: Myths and Realities
Richard McKenzie for AdamSmithWorks
Myth 2: Adam Smith argued that the welfare gains from free trade among nations were limited to countries’ exploitation of their production cost advantages.
Myth 2: Adam Smith argued that the welfare gains from free trade among nations were limited to countries’ exploitation of their production cost advantages.
Bourgeois Drama and the Democratization of Art
Amy Willis for AdamSmithWorks
Part 3 of 4 of Amy Willis' #ReadWithMe on Andrew Curran's Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely.
Part 3 of 4 of Amy Willis' #ReadWithMe on Andrew Curran's Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely.
Adam Smith: Myths and Realities
Richard McKenzie for AdamSmithWorks
Myth 1: Adam Smith argued that markets are activated exclusively by people’s self-interest.
Myth 1: Adam Smith argued that markets are activated exclusively by people’s self-interest.
