Reviewing Prof. Glory Liu’s “Adam Smith’s America” (Books, Dec. 17), Barton Swaim shares his judgment that Smith’s “Theory of Moral Sentiments” “isn’t very good,” adding ...

Adam Smith is not who you think he is ... he was also a moral philosopher and the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Smith considered his work in moral philosophy every bit as important ...

This year we celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith ... For, as Smith wrote in his 1759 book The Theory of Moral Sentiments, "he is provided with no mirror which can present ...

"In political oeconomy, I think Smith's wealth of nations the best ... gambit for at least as long as Smith's books, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes ...

28 This version of the “Adam Smith Problem” gives us so much to unpack: the 1790 revisions to the final edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, where Smith describes sympathy for the rich ...

Despite all the attention to domestic oil drilling, Obama and McCain are not that far apart on climate change—both candidates support a cap-and-trade system to limit U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions.

It’s the start of a better conversation. Adam Smith, in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, talked about “sympathy”. “How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some ...

Liu, author of Adam Smith’s America ... along with two major published works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations. Smith’s legacy overcame that paucity thanks to ...

Seventeen years before Adam Smith published THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (1776; WN) he published THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS (1759: TMS). In TMS, Smith offered his Theory of Society, a theory summarized ...

Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms, and Essays on Philosophical Subjects." What Were Adam Smith's 3 Laws of ...

One of them was the idea that Adam Smith’s thought is inconsistent. They believed that Smith’s two books, 1759’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments and 1776’s The Wealth of Nations ...