by Bruce | June 19, 2026 | Articles, Ineffable
by Bruce | June 5, 2026 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles
Born this day in 1723 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh. Today he would be 303.
by Bruce | May 27, 2026 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
This is another installment in our series of profiles of leading economists from Capitalism and its Critics. Milton Friedman was born in Brooklyn in 1912 and died in San Francisco in 2006 at age 94. He is known as the primary apostle of monetarism, which is the...
by Bruce | May 25, 2026 | Articles, Ineffable
by Bruce | May 13, 2026 | Articles, Book Reviews, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
Continuing our series on prominent economists from the Industrial Revolution to AI, drawing liberally on the impressive accomplishment of John Cassidy’s Capitalism and its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI (John Cassidy, Farrar, Strauss and...
by Bruce | April 30, 2026 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
This is another installment in our series of profiles of leading economists from Capitalism and its Critics. It’s our first profiling not a champion of capitalist progress but a stout opponent. Cassidy opens this, Chapter 3 of his work (“The Logic of the Luddites”)...
by Bruce | April 22, 2026 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy, Technology strategy
Being published live today are links to video recordings of my recent interview with Sidebar Advisors’ Founder and Managing Director, Niraj Chhabra. Copious thanks to Niraj and his team for making this possible. Spotify Apple Buzzsprout We covered a lot of...
by Janet Stanton | April 19, 2026 | Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Ten years ago, the topic of succession planning was viewed like kryptonite; the mere mention caused folks’ hair to burst into flame. Fortunately, those days are (mostly) over. Many firms are...
by Bruce | April 13, 2026 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Profiles of Individuals, Strategy
May I welcome you to the first of a few Adam Smith, Esq. portraits of notable economists? My source for all in this series is the redoubtable Capitalism and its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI (John Cassidy, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: New...
by Bruce | March 12, 2026 | Articles, Book Reviews
Lloyd Blankfein’s Streetwise was just published and as of this writing is on Amazon’s “Top 20” bestsellers list. [Streetwise: Getting to and through Goldman Sachs, Penguin Press New York: 2026]. I just finished it. I cannot recommend it. Slow down! How dare I...
