"In political oeconomy, I think Smith's wealth of nations the best book extant." So Thomas Jefferson wrote to a friend. Three hundred years after Adam Smith's inauspicious birth in Kirkcaldy, it's not ...

Here is the awkward Scottish bachelor at his best. Anyone can follow his reasoning. His logic is indisputable. Yet at the same time he is overturning an assumption which would otherwise strike many ...

The American Enterprise Institute is delighted to present “Invisible Hands: Adam Smith on Friendship, Community, and Prosperity,” an exclusive seminar for Leadership Network members interested in ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This clip provides definitions and a discussion on current perspectives on socialism and capitalism. Polling data about these economic systems among ...

More than 245 years ago, an unassuming Scottish tutor to a young British duke published a sprawling manuscript about how, when, and why nations become materially prosperous. At first glance, An ...