Major Works
Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)
- Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… MoreAn 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… MorePolity 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 Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society”
- Devine, Donald J. “Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society.” The Journal of Legal Studies 6, no. 2 (1977): 399–409.Excerpt: “ON the occasion of the bicentennial of the publication of the Wealth of Nations we finally saw capitalism evaluated on the basis of Adam Smith’s own conception of justice.’ Normally, capitalism has been analyzed with external… MoreThe Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy
- Robbins, Lionel Robbins. The Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1978.Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776
- Hutchison, T. W. Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776. Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA: B. Blackwell, 1988.From the Publisher: “In this new work Professor Hutchiso n emphasizes the inadequacy of an exclusivist dichotomy between mercantilism and laissez-faire. He demonstrates that the main, formative century between Petty and Smith was characterized by a… MoreAdam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society. New York: Free Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.From the Publisher: In recent years Adam Smith has been championed by advocates of the market economy. This book analyzes Smith’s economic and political thought, and concludes that far from subscribing to unregulated self-interest, Smith believed the… MoreInfluential Economists
- Bussing-Burks, Marie. Influential Economists. The Oliver Press, Inc., 2003.The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.From the Publisher: “Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many… More“Recovering the Case for Capitalism” by Yuval Levin
- Levin, Yuval. “Recovering the Case for Capitalism.” National Affairs (2010).Excerpt: A recovery of the case for capitalism should begin at the beginning. As always when we want to become reacquainted with ourselves, we Americans would be wise to start with a refreshing dip into the late 18th century, when our way of life was born.… MoreAfter Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy
- Milgate, Murray, and Shannon C Stimson. After Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy. Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2011.From the Publisher: “Few issues are more central to our present predicaments than the relationship between economics and politics. In the century after Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations the British economy was transformed. After Adam Smith looks… MorePassions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
- Hirschman, Albert O. Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph. [S.l.]: Princeton University Pres, 2013.From the Publisher: “In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material… MoreEconomic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
- Rothschild, Emma. Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. Harvard University Press, 2013.From the Publisher: “In a brilliant recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their… More
Other Works
Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)
- Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… MoreAn 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… MorePolity 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 Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society”
- Devine, Donald J. “Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society.” The Journal of Legal Studies 6, no. 2 (1977): 399–409.Excerpt: “ON the occasion of the bicentennial of the publication of the Wealth of Nations we finally saw capitalism evaluated on the basis of Adam Smith’s own conception of justice.’ Normally, capitalism has been analyzed with external… MoreThe Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy
- Robbins, Lionel Robbins. The Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1978.Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776
- Hutchison, T. W. Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776. Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA: B. Blackwell, 1988.From the Publisher: “In this new work Professor Hutchiso n emphasizes the inadequacy of an exclusivist dichotomy between mercantilism and laissez-faire. He demonstrates that the main, formative century between Petty and Smith was characterized by a… MoreAdam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society. New York: Free Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.From the Publisher: In recent years Adam Smith has been championed by advocates of the market economy. This book analyzes Smith’s economic and political thought, and concludes that far from subscribing to unregulated self-interest, Smith believed the… MoreInfluential Economists
- Bussing-Burks, Marie. Influential Economists. The Oliver Press, Inc., 2003.The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.From the Publisher: “Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many… More“Recovering the Case for Capitalism” by Yuval Levin
- Levin, Yuval. “Recovering the Case for Capitalism.” National Affairs (2010).Excerpt: A recovery of the case for capitalism should begin at the beginning. As always when we want to become reacquainted with ourselves, we Americans would be wise to start with a refreshing dip into the late 18th century, when our way of life was born.… MoreAfter Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy
- Milgate, Murray, and Shannon C Stimson. After Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy. Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2011.From the Publisher: “Few issues are more central to our present predicaments than the relationship between economics and politics. In the century after Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations the British economy was transformed. After Adam Smith looks… MorePassions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
- Hirschman, Albert O. Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph. [S.l.]: Princeton University Pres, 2013.From the Publisher: “In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material… MoreEconomic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
- Rothschild, Emma. Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. Harvard University Press, 2013.From the Publisher: “In a brilliant recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their… More
Commentary
Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)
- Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… MoreAn 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… MorePolity 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 Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society”
- Devine, Donald J. “Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society.” The Journal of Legal Studies 6, no. 2 (1977): 399–409.Excerpt: “ON the occasion of the bicentennial of the publication of the Wealth of Nations we finally saw capitalism evaluated on the basis of Adam Smith’s own conception of justice.’ Normally, capitalism has been analyzed with external… MoreThe Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy
- Robbins, Lionel Robbins. The Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1978.Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776
- Hutchison, T. W. Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776. Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA: B. Blackwell, 1988.From the Publisher: “In this new work Professor Hutchiso n emphasizes the inadequacy of an exclusivist dichotomy between mercantilism and laissez-faire. He demonstrates that the main, formative century between Petty and Smith was characterized by a… MoreAdam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society. New York: Free Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.From the Publisher: In recent years Adam Smith has been championed by advocates of the market economy. This book analyzes Smith’s economic and political thought, and concludes that far from subscribing to unregulated self-interest, Smith believed the… MoreInfluential Economists
- Bussing-Burks, Marie. Influential Economists. The Oliver Press, Inc., 2003.The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.From the Publisher: “Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many… More“Recovering the Case for Capitalism” by Yuval Levin
- Levin, Yuval. “Recovering the Case for Capitalism.” National Affairs (2010).Excerpt: A recovery of the case for capitalism should begin at the beginning. As always when we want to become reacquainted with ourselves, we Americans would be wise to start with a refreshing dip into the late 18th century, when our way of life was born.… MoreAfter Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy
- Milgate, Murray, and Shannon C Stimson. After Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy. Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2011.From the Publisher: “Few issues are more central to our present predicaments than the relationship between economics and politics. In the century after Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations the British economy was transformed. After Adam Smith looks… MorePassions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
- Hirschman, Albert O. Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph. [S.l.]: Princeton University Pres, 2013.From the Publisher: “In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material… MoreEconomic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
- Rothschild, Emma. Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. Harvard University Press, 2013.From the Publisher: “In a brilliant recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their… More
Multimedia
Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)
- Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… MoreAn 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… MorePolity 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 Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society”
- Devine, Donald J. “Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society.” The Journal of Legal Studies 6, no. 2 (1977): 399–409.Excerpt: “ON the occasion of the bicentennial of the publication of the Wealth of Nations we finally saw capitalism evaluated on the basis of Adam Smith’s own conception of justice.’ Normally, capitalism has been analyzed with external… MoreThe Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy
- Robbins, Lionel Robbins. The Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1978.Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776
- Hutchison, T. W. Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776. Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA: B. Blackwell, 1988.From the Publisher: “In this new work Professor Hutchiso n emphasizes the inadequacy of an exclusivist dichotomy between mercantilism and laissez-faire. He demonstrates that the main, formative century between Petty and Smith was characterized by a… MoreAdam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society. New York: Free Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.From the Publisher: In recent years Adam Smith has been championed by advocates of the market economy. This book analyzes Smith’s economic and political thought, and concludes that far from subscribing to unregulated self-interest, Smith believed the… MoreInfluential Economists
- Bussing-Burks, Marie. Influential Economists. The Oliver Press, Inc., 2003.The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.From the Publisher: “Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many… More“Recovering the Case for Capitalism” by Yuval Levin
- Levin, Yuval. “Recovering the Case for Capitalism.” National Affairs (2010).Excerpt: A recovery of the case for capitalism should begin at the beginning. As always when we want to become reacquainted with ourselves, we Americans would be wise to start with a refreshing dip into the late 18th century, when our way of life was born.… MoreAfter Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy
- Milgate, Murray, and Shannon C Stimson. After Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy. Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2011.From the Publisher: “Few issues are more central to our present predicaments than the relationship between economics and politics. In the century after Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations the British economy was transformed. After Adam Smith looks… MorePassions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
- Hirschman, Albert O. Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph. [S.l.]: Princeton University Pres, 2013.From the Publisher: “In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material… MoreEconomic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
- Rothschild, Emma. Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. Harvard University Press, 2013.From the Publisher: “In a brilliant recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their… More
Teaching
Lectures on Jurisprudence (1762)
- Recommended edition: Smith, Adam. Lectures on Jurisprudence. Edited by R. L. Meek, D. D. Raphael, and P. G. Stein. Vol. 5 of The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982.Excerpt: 1stThe first and chief design of every system of government is to maintain justice; to prevent the members of a society from incroaching on one anothers property, or siezing what is not their own. The design here is to give each one the secure and… MoreAn 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… MorePolity 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 Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society”
- Devine, Donald J. “Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society.” The Journal of Legal Studies 6, no. 2 (1977): 399–409.Excerpt: “ON the occasion of the bicentennial of the publication of the Wealth of Nations we finally saw capitalism evaluated on the basis of Adam Smith’s own conception of justice.’ Normally, capitalism has been analyzed with external… MoreThe Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy
- Robbins, Lionel Robbins. The Theory of Economic Policy in English Classical Political Economy. Philadelphia: Porcupine Press, 1978.Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776
- Hutchison, T. W. Before Adam Smith: The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776. Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA: B. Blackwell, 1988.From the Publisher: “In this new work Professor Hutchiso n emphasizes the inadequacy of an exclusivist dichotomy between mercantilism and laissez-faire. He demonstrates that the main, formative century between Petty and Smith was characterized by a… MoreAdam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society. New York: Free Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993.From the Publisher: In recent years Adam Smith has been championed by advocates of the market economy. This book analyzes Smith’s economic and political thought, and concludes that far from subscribing to unregulated self-interest, Smith believed the… MoreInfluential Economists
- Bussing-Burks, Marie. Influential Economists. The Oliver Press, Inc., 2003.The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought by Jerry Muller
- Muller, Jerry Z. The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.From the Publisher: “Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many… More“Recovering the Case for Capitalism” by Yuval Levin
- Levin, Yuval. “Recovering the Case for Capitalism.” National Affairs (2010).Excerpt: A recovery of the case for capitalism should begin at the beginning. As always when we want to become reacquainted with ourselves, we Americans would be wise to start with a refreshing dip into the late 18th century, when our way of life was born.… MoreAfter Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy
- Milgate, Murray, and Shannon C Stimson. After Adam Smith: a Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy. Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock: Princeton University Press, 2011.From the Publisher: “Few issues are more central to our present predicaments than the relationship between economics and politics. In the century after Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations the British economy was transformed. After Adam Smith looks… MorePassions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
- Hirschman, Albert O. Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph. [S.l.]: Princeton University Pres, 2013.From the Publisher: “In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material… MoreEconomic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
- Rothschild, Emma. Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment. Harvard University Press, 2013.From the Publisher: “In a brilliant recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their… More