As his namesake, economist Adam C. Smith, notes in this month's interview , Smith's effort to be descriptive rather than proscriptive, as well as a healthy strain of anti-elitism from a man who ...

Smith notes: “Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this—no dog exchanges bones with another. Long after Adam Smith’s time, another great economist, Ronald Coase ...

It's the book that made free trade famous: "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith. But who's got time to read its 900-plus pages? Humorist P.J. O'Rourke did and wrote his own book about it. He ...

In doing so, however, they provide further evidence that Adam Smith got there first. Before discussing the concept of value in “The Wealth of Nations” (1776), Smith notes the importance of ...

Adam Smith is considered the father of modern economics for his work in pioneering ideas such as free trade and the gross ... "Withdrawn Paper £20 and £50 Notes." University of Glasgow. "Adam ...

There are, to put it mildly, ructions in India over Modi and Jaitley's insistence that the Rs 500 and 1,000 notes are no longer legal tender and will be replaced by new notes. The ATMs have not ...

Rare book with handwritten notes by Adam Smith to go on display - An annotated volume, part of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher’s library, is being displayed in his home town of Kirkcaldy ...

It's the book that made free trade famous: "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith. But who's got time to read its 900-plus pages? Humorist P.J. O'Rourke did and wrote his own book about it. He ...