Don’t Tax Innovation: The Patent ‘Wealth Tax’ Is a Terrible Idea Fed Independence Is a Myth Worth Keeping The author of The Wealth of Nations and the father of modern conservatism shared an economic ...
Thank a Scot for our 100-fold increase in America’s standard of living. Monday, June 5, marks the 300th birthday of a Scottish philosopher considered the father of free-enterprise capitalism and our ...
The Wealth of Nations was published 248 years ago today, and Smith's prescription for prosperity is still correct. Adam Smith’s investigation into what we now call “economic development” in his ...
In the face of a slowing economy, it is hard to ignore a report from the Council on Foreign Relations which details how closing the gender pay gap could add a staggering $28 trillion to the global GDP ...
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 ...
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.
Aruni Shapiro, sociologist cum advocate for liberty, has published her 10th book introducing Adam Smith to Sri Lanka’s ...
At a Christmas Eve Mass last year, Pope Francis explained “the problem of our humanity—the indifference produced by the greedy rush to possess and consume.” He spoke of how “a world ravenous for money ...
On the occasion of his 300th birthday, Adam Smith—the Scottish Enlightenment luminary and so-called father of capitalism—was not available for comment, despite attempts to contact him via Ouija board ...
Reviewing Prof. Glory Liu’s “Adam Smith’s America” (Books, Dec. 17), Barton Swaim shares his judgment that Smith’s “Theory of Moral Sentiments” “isn’t very good,” adding: “It’s mostly unreadable, to ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell wins 2025 Adam Smith Award; discusses inflation, policy strategy, and signals on quantitative ...