Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" turns 250 as socialism gains ground among youth, and capitalism needs individual heroes to ...

Nearly three centuries after his death, Adam Smith continues to influence socioeconomic thinking and academia, according to Jerry Muller, professor emeritus of history at the Catholic University of ...

Adam Smith has become the symbol of American capitalism, a champion of free trade and a free market. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it sometimes seems as if capitalism and America share the ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith's masterpiece, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations." ...

I was struck by local Other Voices columnist Tom DeChaine’s July 25 argument linking capitalism with our Constitution and his attempts to argue for one form of capitalism (Adam Smith’s laissez-faire ...

On the occasion of his 300th birthday, Adam Smith—the Scottish Enlightenment luminary and so-called father of capitalism—was not available for comment, despite attempts to contact him via Ouija board ...

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When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...