"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 ...

Aruni Shapiro, sociologist cum advocate for liberty, has published her 10th book introducing Adam Smith to Sri Lanka’s ...

Every Nobel Prize in Economics tells a story about how we understand prosperity. This year’s winners — Joel Mokyr, Philippe ...

In 1926, the 150th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations, British economist Edwin Cannan delivered a lecture titled "Adam Smith as Economist" at the London School of Economics. The lecture was ...

Author and journalist P.J. O'Rourke delves into the content and influence of Adam Smith's classic, The Wealth of Nations. He talks about digesting the massive tome on economics, so you don't have to.

"First Modern library edition 1937." "The text of the present edition is copied from that of the fifth, the last published before Adam Smith's death."--Pref. "Authorities": p. 971-976.

The wealth and poverty of nations has been a preoccupation of economists since Adam Smith founded the discipline 250 years ago, when he wrote a book titled, The Wealth of Nations. This year's Nobel ...

Ron Hart, a libertarian syndicated op-ed humorist, worked at Goldman Sachs and is an award-winning author and TV/radio commentator. He can be reached at [email protected], or visit www.RonaldHart.com.