Messrs. Pooley and Gilder remind us that the book’s themes remain fresh.

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 ...

The 18th-century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is credited with writing the first great work on political economy. His treatise "The Wealth of Nations" describes the evolution and political ...

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Professor Smith said: “Adam Smith loved books ... the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and economist Jacques Necker. Smith’s books were inherited by his nephew David Douglas and ...

Book of the Week. An engaging account of the life, times and legacy of Adam Smith marking 300 years since the birth of the Scottish economist. Read by Robin Laing.

Adam Smith is generally considered to have coined the term invisible hand in two of his 18th-century books on philosophical and economic issues. In The Wealth of Nations, Smith uses the invisible ...