Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and the limits of economics
Russ Roberts — economist and host of the excellent EconTalk podcast — wrote a penetrating essay last week on what we can learn from Adam Smith’s first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Continue...
View ArticleAlejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Bringing China and the West together with the...
The ancient Chinese philosopher Meng-Tzu is usually known to Westerners by his Latinized name Mencius, if he is known to them at all. Though not famous outside his native China, Meng-Tzu left us many...
View ArticleCatholic ‘anti-liberalism’ – a response to Dan Hugger
My colleague Dan Hugger’s latest post on the PowerBlog titled “The dangers of Catholic anti-liberalism” got me thinking about a subject that has always intrigued me: The relationship between the...
View ArticleAdam Smith shows how sympathy makes life more satisfying
The eighteenth century British economist Adam Smith helps with moral challenges, especially in work and employment, says Daniel B. Klein of the American Enterprise Institute. Smith inspires the...
View ArticleAlejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Reciprocity and free trade
Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, writes today in Forbes about free trade and its relation to the notions of reciprocity and protectionism — popular topics in our current...
View ArticleAdam Smith and a life well-lived
Over at Law & Liberty I had the pleasure of reviewing Ryan Patrick Hanley’s new book, Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life. I highly recommend it: Ryan Patrick Hanley’s latest book...
View ArticleThe ‘man of public spirit’: Politics as art, not science
Politicians have given us many occasions to be critical of their actions. Politics, like all sausage making, is rarely palatable. Nevertheless, Aristotle observed that man is by nature a political...
View ArticleFree trade with China is still good for us all
Doug Irwin in his seminal book Free Trade Under Fire points out that Democrats and Republicans have historically vacillated on free trade. The Democratic Party of the late 19th century up until World...
View ArticleThe ground is shifting under Francis Fukuyama’s feet
In Liberalism and Its Discontents, Francis Fukuyama aims to defend liberal political ideas and institutions against rising and now entrenched detractors from the postliberal left and the right. As he...
View ArticleThe Adam Smith We Need
There are two reasons to read Glory M. Liu’s new comprehensive book, Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism. The first is that if you are a student of...
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