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Below is an excerpt from Chapter 4 (“Das Ambossproblem”) of my forthcoming survey of open Adam Smith problems with Salim Rashid (again, footnotes are below the fold): “… The Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments were not the … Continue reading →

Below is an excerpt from Chapter 3 (“TMS Problems”) of my forthcoming survey of open Adam Smith problems with Salim Rashid (footnotes are below the fold): “Was Smith a closet consequentialist? Next, we want to share our favorite open problem … Continue reading →

My colleague and friend Salim Rashid and I have been working on a new book-length manuscript tentatively titled Adam Smith Problems. (Here is our first draft.) In summary, we survey a wide variety of open problems and unsolved mysteries regarding … Continue reading →

Alain and I expanded on the introduction to our work-in-progress, “The Philosopher’s Muses: Adam Smith in the Salons of Paris“, by adding the following passages (footnotes omitted): “Adam Smith resided in the Faubourg Saint-Germain in Paris for several months in … Continue reading →

The best and most conplete website on all things Adam Smith — Adam Smith Works or ASW for short — has just published my “Plea to Adam Smith Scholars“! (Previously, ASW published my synopsis on “Adam Smith’s Lost Loves.”)

I mentioned in a previous post (see here) that I was hoping to complete by 8 August the first draft of a book-length manuscript that I have been working on for some time. The good news is that I am … Continue reading →

Shout to the editors of The Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice for selecting my forthcoming academic article “Adam Smith’s Blind Spot” as part of the Editors’ Choice collection for the journal. The collection consists of six research papers … Continue reading →