Major Works

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

  - Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by Edwin Cannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
  Excerpt: The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased… More

• “Commerce and Culture”

  - Bloom, Allan. “Commerce and Culture.” Giants and Dwarfs: Essays 1960-1990 (1960): 277–294.

• Polity and Economy by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977.
  This classic work locates Smith’s work and theory within the history of political philosophy and demonstrates the extent to which Smith’s theory can be seen as an outgrowth of modern political philosophy.

• “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense”

  - Sher, Richard B. “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense.” The Journal of Modern History 61, no. 2 (1989): 240–268.
  Excerpt: “It has long been recognized that eighteenth-century Scotland gave birth to political economy as a sophisticated scholarly discipline. Hailing from a relatively impoverished nation that had joined its larger southerneighbor in 1707 to form a… More

• Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience

  - Brown, Vivienne. Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience. Routledge, 1994.
  From the Publisher: “Adam Smith’s name has become synonymous with free market economics; The Wealth of Nations is taken as the definitive account of the benefits of free competitive markets. Yet recent scholarship has challenged this view and… More

Other Works

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

  - Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by Edwin Cannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
  Excerpt: The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased… More

• “Commerce and Culture”

  - Bloom, Allan. “Commerce and Culture.” Giants and Dwarfs: Essays 1960-1990 (1960): 277–294.

• Polity and Economy by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977.
  This classic work locates Smith’s work and theory within the history of political philosophy and demonstrates the extent to which Smith’s theory can be seen as an outgrowth of modern political philosophy.

• “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense”

  - Sher, Richard B. “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense.” The Journal of Modern History 61, no. 2 (1989): 240–268.
  Excerpt: “It has long been recognized that eighteenth-century Scotland gave birth to political economy as a sophisticated scholarly discipline. Hailing from a relatively impoverished nation that had joined its larger southerneighbor in 1707 to form a… More

• Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience

  - Brown, Vivienne. Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience. Routledge, 1994.
  From the Publisher: “Adam Smith’s name has become synonymous with free market economics; The Wealth of Nations is taken as the definitive account of the benefits of free competitive markets. Yet recent scholarship has challenged this view and… More

Commentary

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

  - Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by Edwin Cannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
  Excerpt: The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased… More

• “Commerce and Culture”

  - Bloom, Allan. “Commerce and Culture.” Giants and Dwarfs: Essays 1960-1990 (1960): 277–294.

• Polity and Economy by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977.
  This classic work locates Smith’s work and theory within the history of political philosophy and demonstrates the extent to which Smith’s theory can be seen as an outgrowth of modern political philosophy.

• “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense”

  - Sher, Richard B. “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense.” The Journal of Modern History 61, no. 2 (1989): 240–268.
  Excerpt: “It has long been recognized that eighteenth-century Scotland gave birth to political economy as a sophisticated scholarly discipline. Hailing from a relatively impoverished nation that had joined its larger southerneighbor in 1707 to form a… More

• Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience

  - Brown, Vivienne. Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience. Routledge, 1994.
  From the Publisher: “Adam Smith’s name has become synonymous with free market economics; The Wealth of Nations is taken as the definitive account of the benefits of free competitive markets. Yet recent scholarship has challenged this view and… More

Multimedia

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

  - Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by Edwin Cannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
  Excerpt: The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased… More

• “Commerce and Culture”

  - Bloom, Allan. “Commerce and Culture.” Giants and Dwarfs: Essays 1960-1990 (1960): 277–294.

• Polity and Economy by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977.
  This classic work locates Smith’s work and theory within the history of political philosophy and demonstrates the extent to which Smith’s theory can be seen as an outgrowth of modern political philosophy.

• “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense”

  - Sher, Richard B. “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense.” The Journal of Modern History 61, no. 2 (1989): 240–268.
  Excerpt: “It has long been recognized that eighteenth-century Scotland gave birth to political economy as a sophisticated scholarly discipline. Hailing from a relatively impoverished nation that had joined its larger southerneighbor in 1707 to form a… More

• Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience

  - Brown, Vivienne. Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience. Routledge, 1994.
  From the Publisher: “Adam Smith’s name has become synonymous with free market economics; The Wealth of Nations is taken as the definitive account of the benefits of free competitive markets. Yet recent scholarship has challenged this view and… More

Teaching

• An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

  - Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edited by Edwin Cannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
  Excerpt: The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased… More

• “Commerce and Culture”

  - Bloom, Allan. “Commerce and Culture.” Giants and Dwarfs: Essays 1960-1990 (1960): 277–294.

• Polity and Economy by Joseph Cropsey

  - Cropsey, Joseph. Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977.
  This classic work locates Smith’s work and theory within the history of political philosophy and demonstrates the extent to which Smith’s theory can be seen as an outgrowth of modern political philosophy.

• “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense”

  - Sher, Richard B. “Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the Problem of National Defense.” The Journal of Modern History 61, no. 2 (1989): 240–268.
  Excerpt: “It has long been recognized that eighteenth-century Scotland gave birth to political economy as a sophisticated scholarly discipline. Hailing from a relatively impoverished nation that had joined its larger southerneighbor in 1707 to form a… More

• Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience

  - Brown, Vivienne. Adam Smith’s Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience. Routledge, 1994.
  From the Publisher: “Adam Smith’s name has become synonymous with free market economics; The Wealth of Nations is taken as the definitive account of the benefits of free competitive markets. Yet recent scholarship has challenged this view and… More