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

Adam Smith loved books, and he used the library he assembled to research his famous works An annotated volume, part of Smith’s library, is being displayed in his home town of Kirkcaldy ...

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 ...