Adam Smith (1723-1790) put together the classical model of economics, consisting of free trade, limited government, the virtue of thrift, balanced budgets and sound money. Smith called it “the ...

"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 ...

Adam Smith was born in 1723. This year he turns 300. To celebrate, National Review Capital Matters offers the Adam Smith 300 series. An essay on Smith will appear monthly throughout 2023 ...

Anti-war group Code Pink crashed a DC event on Wednesday featuring Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wa.), pressing the former Armed Services Committee chairman on surging defense spending and the need to ...

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Wednesday he does not think Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “up to the task” of running the Pentagon. Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services ...