. This paper contrasts the positions of the most prominent British economists before 1850, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas …

today, looking at the sign of the balance of trade was a way to take the pulse of a nation’s economy. Adam Smith rejects … nations that face a declining population have a contracting economy. Thus, population for Adam Smith is a proxy for our Gross …

their resurgence. This article explores Adam Smith’s views on the origin of these movements, analysing his treatment of … the leaders and economic crisis. The aim of this article is to point up the causal connection highlighted by Smith between … frustration in bettering one’s condition, as experienced by most people, and the rise of anti-establishment movements. In Smith …

“reasoning routines”. We explore the deep structure of Adam Smith’s work, and to what extent it is the result of a set of … “reasoning routines” that, at an early stage of his career, in early works such as “History of Astronomy” (Smith 1982, or HA) and … Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (Smith 1985, or LRBL), Smith developed and later put to good use as moral philosopher …

It is argued that the status of the nation state in Adam Smith's intellectual system, the 'Science of the Legislator …,' was historically transitory. Smith's conception of international relations focused on gains from international trade and …