Given this zeitgeist, a book on the moral philosophy of Adam Smith is timely indeed. While Smith may be the founder of modern economics, he was first and foremost a professor of moral philosophy. Yet ...

You could find that shocking; better, however, would be to use it as a reminder that human nature doesn't change and that Adam Smith was not ... Wealth of Nations and Moral Sentiments, now is ...

Why is Smith widely studied now in China? Ethical businesses, like Whole Foods, showcase the morality Smith insisted was critical to thriving markets. Uber and eBay demonstrate that markets can ...

One of my long-ago professors–not an economist, and not a political conservative– sometimes said that Adam Smith was just ...

Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776, adding a second revolutionary event to that fateful year. A political democracy was born on one side ...

"Smith Adam." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2001 ... Smith was appointed professor of logic in 1751 and then professor of moral philosophy in 1752 at the University of Glasgow.

Exploring the relationship between Adam Smith’s thought and Catholic social teaching. Smith championed free markets for their promotion of wealth and dignity. But it was in moral philosophy that ...