Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

One of my favorite papers at this year’s Adam Smith conference in Glasgow was Erik W. Matson’s “Minding the Gaps: Reality, Theory, and Policy in Adam Smith”, which will be published in Volume 30 of The Independent Review. In summary, … Continue reading →

After a full day of panels at this year’s Adam Smith conference in Glasgow, I will be watching the Group C stage match between Scotland and Morocco at Boteco do Brasil in the Merchant City tonight.

This time around, the weather in Glasgow is cold (by Florida standards) and rainy, so I am reblogging some pictures from my 2023 visit to Glesga, Scotland’s friendliest city.

I will be attending a joint meeting of British Academy and the International Adam Smith Society (IASS) on Erik W. Matson’s “The World in 1776/2026: The Wealth of Nations at 250” at the University of Glasgow (pictured below) for the … Continue reading →

During my brief stint in London this week (I am now en route to Glasgow by train), I was able to visit the Wallace Collection to see a special exhibition featuring more than 50 original works of art painted by … Continue reading →

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, I have been featuring each of the sections of Smith’s magnum opus on my blog. Below, for example, is a compilation of my previous blog posts … Continue reading →

That is the title of this beautiful novella by Mark Richard Robinson, who I had the honor of befriending in Broxbourne, England, these past few days. Update (3:00 pm GMT): I have now finished reading the good Reverend Robinson’s poignant … Continue reading →

As a follow-up to my previous two posts (see here and here), I want to pose another question to my fellow admirers and students of Adam Smith, another fundamental “Adam Smith problem,” so to speak. In Book III of The … Continue reading →

Continuing with my series of blog posts commemorating the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, below is a compilation of my previous blog posts on Book III of Smith’s magnum opus. (Nota bene: Book III … Continue reading →