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(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 →

(Author’s note: below is Part 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris; footnotes are below the fold.) … Smith was there [in Paris] precisely at the peak of Physiocratic influence, 1766. (Young 2002, p. 10) … Continue reading →

Author’s note: below is Part 2 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris; footnotes are below the fold. (I discussed his first visit to Paris last week.) Voltaire had heard of him, David Hume … Continue reading →

Author’s note: the next part of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights” revisits Smith’s return to Paris in 1766. Below is an excerpt, where I explains how Smith once again found himself in Paris in 1766: … Continue reading →

I will resume my “Smith in the City” series in my next post; in the meantime, below is Kid Travis’s version of “Better Now“:

(Author’s note: below is Part 2 of 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s first visit to Paris.) I take this first opportunity, after my arrival in this Place [Paris], which was not till yesterday to resign … Continue reading →

Note: Following my introduction (see my previous post), the next part of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights”explains how Smith found himself in Paris in February 1764. The road to Paris Qu’elle me semblait la plus … Continue reading →