Learn about our editorial policies Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist, philosopher, and author who is considered the father of modern economics. Smith argued against mercantilism ...

This refutes the orthodoxy of unilateral free trade championed for hundreds of years beginning with the 1776 "Wealth of Nations" author Adam Smith, widely known as the father of modern economics.

Adam Smith: Father of Economics, by Jesse Norman (Basic Books, 432 pp., $32) Jesse Norman’s important book about Adam Smith, the father of modern economics, is packed with insight, analysis, and ...

Adam Smith is considered one of the most influential economists. He is also known as the father of modern economics. Smith was a proponent of the free market economy and opposed any government ...

Not so, it would seem. If only the father of modern economics, who was otherwise such a shrewd judge of human nature, could see us now. Obesity and weight gain abound in the world’s richer ...

Mark Koyama is an economic historian and associate professor of economics at George Mason University. His most recent book, co-authored with Jared Rubin, is How the World Became Rich: The ...

Smith is often considered the father of modern economics—and in the late 20th century his legacy was claimed by advocates of free markets and limited government—but contemporary economists’ modeling ...