by Bruce | November 3, 2022 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Book Reviews, Just Plain Interesting
Across my desk a couple of weeks ago came an advance copy of Glory Liu’s Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism (Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford: 2022). The author, although a new name to...
by Bruce | August 28, 2022 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
And now for something rather different. Not infrequently we’re asked how, or why we named our firm Adam Smith, Esq. The short and true somewhat beside-the-point answer is that it’s a bit of wordplay on the intersection of economics (Adam Smith) and law...
by Bruce | July 17, 2022 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles
July 17, 1790, Edinburgh. He is buried in Canongate Kirkyard on the Royal Mile.
by Bruce | June 5, 2018 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles
Born June 5, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Scotland: Died Edinburgh July 17, 1790, age 67. Of course few things are quite that simple. June 5 was the date his baptism was recorded at Kirkcaldy church, so his actual birthday was almost surely a bit earlier; but custom and...
by Bruce | July 4, 2017 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
“You have a republic, if you can keep it.”—reliably attributed to Benjamin Franklin, at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. With that as our text in mind for this parlous and yet inspiring Independence Day celebration, two threads tying our...
