Adam Smith defined how we think about free markets. His guiding principle was, famously, the invisible hand – a mystical ...

The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg, takes an intriguing, two-part look at Smith and the evolution and relevance of his ideas today, both economic and ethical. It’s ...

Adam Smith taught us that trade is not a zero-sum game 250 years ago. Trump may not have read his Wealth of Nations, but the ...

Excerpt and condensation of Chapter 4 from The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic ... for more than 40 years. Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature ...

Ideas That Changed the World explores contemporary life and Smith’s influences on the very things we see going on today. Why is Smith widely studied now in China? Ethical businesses, like Whole ...

At the very beginning of the industrial revolution, Smith pointed out not only slavery’s vanities and vices, but its economic contradictions. That’s the subject of the November Adam Smith 300 ...

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith took to X on Tuesday to criticize the Seattle Seahawks’ recent roster decisions, including the trade of quarterback Geno Smith, and questioned the team’s commitment to ...