by Bruce | September 26, 2005 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles
Occasionally it’s a worthy endeavor to pay a moment’s tribute to the eminent Scot for whom this site is named, and in the on-line world there are few better starting points than The Adam Smith Institute (London). There you can find a highly...
by Bruce | May 21, 2005 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles
The LawCrossing site just went live with a profile of me, written by the engaging reporter Regan Morris. Here’s a nice sound-bite: "’I started out in stealth mode because there’s always the dangerous possibility that you might not...
by Bruce | May 18, 2005 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Rarely, if ever, do I link to The Wall Street Journal, on the premise that the overwhelming majority of you have already seen it, so why point to what’s been in front of your face? But rules are made to be broken, so this morning I give you two WSJ...
by Bruce | May 4, 2005 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership
Pro bono work, services or cash donated to legal aid, and charitable contributions by law firms in general have received scant attention at "Adam Smith, Esq.", a shortcoming I hereby resolve to remedy, if for no other reason than that the actual Adam Smith...
by Bruce | January 12, 2005 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
The world has just learned that Robert Heilbroner, author of the justly famous and best-selling The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, first published in 1953 and still in print, died here in Manhattan last week at age...
by Bruce | December 9, 2004 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
Adam Smith’s thought (the real Adam Smith, that is) has been famously characterized by the economist George Stigler as a "stupendous palace erected upon the granite of self-interest." I have long labeled this a "mischaracterization,"...