Adam Smith published a book entitled "The Wealth of Nations", and he became viewed as, and is still regarded by some as the ...

As to the administration of justice, Smith says that the duty of the government is to protect “as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of ...

Adam Smith defined how we think about free markets. His guiding principle was, famously, the invisible hand – a mystical ...

The concept of the invisible hand is often credited to economist Adam Smith, as the term appeared in his 1759 work, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," and again in "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776.

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From early in World War II, the United States led a broad movement toward freer trade that has been the foundation of our ...

a portrait of Adam Smith’s mother, Margaret Douglas, and a first edition of Volume One of The Wealth of Nations which launched his career. During his life, Smith travelled throughout Europe and ...

Adam Smith taught us that trade is not a zero-sum game 250 years ago. Trump may not have read his Wealth of Nations, but the rest of the world now must, says James Price Much ink has been spilled ...

This refutes the orthodoxy of unilateral free trade championed for hundreds of years beginning with the 1776 "Wealth of ...