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I am honored and humbled to have been awarded el premio Don Quijote by the Puerto Rico Bar Association (PRBA) in Orlando, Florida last night (see here), especially considering how I have tilted at so many metaphorical windmills during my … Continue reading →

Via the International Adam Smith Society: We are thrilled to announce a Call for Papers for our 2025 conference at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy! The conference will take place March… Call for Papers: 2025 International Adam Smith … Continue reading →

Having read Homer’s Iliad and listened to Dominic Keating’s epic 19-hour readout of this legendary lyric poem, I can now say that the Iliad‘s reputation as the first great literary masterpiece of the Western canon is totally deserved. In addition, … Continue reading →

Author’s note: Below the fold is my first formal writing assignment for my graduate seminar on ancient Greek and Roman literature/philosophy. All references to the Iliad are to the Caroline Alexander translation of Homer’s great epic.

Author’s note: the excerpt below is from the conclusion of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights“. Oct. 27, 1766. The Duke of Buccleuch, I’m told, is arrived. He [Henry] and Lady Frances are all she [Lady Dalkeith] has … Continue reading →

(Author’s note: below is Part 2 of 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s third and last visit to Paris.) It is my misfortune to be under the necessity of acquainting you of the most terrible calamity that … Continue reading →

Note: my next few blog posts are from the third and last part of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights”, which revisits Smith’s last days in Paris (October 1766). Below is an excerpt, where I describe … Continue reading →

(Author’s note: below is the last part of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris.) Are these the words of a woman with a mere “schoolgirl crush on the Scot” (Leddy 2013, p. 11), or are they … Continue reading →