The mirror-neuron system (MNS) becomes instigated when the spectator empathizes with the principal’s intention. MNS also involves imitation, where empathy is irrelevant. While the former may attenuate the principal’s emotion, the latter paradoxically reinforces it. This paper proposes a...

What is the status of the nation state in Adam Smith's much celebrated intellectual system, the “Science of the Legislator”? This paper argues that it was historically transitory. Two aspects of Smith's treatment of states and international relations are examined. The first aspect concerns...

David Ricardo’s criticisms of Adam Smith on value and wealth have been rather ignored in the recent revival of Ricardian economics. This essay intends to fill the gap by revisiting Smith’s link between value and wealth in the light of Ricardo’s criticisms. This is done in two steps. The...

In this paper we reconsider Adam Smith’s ethics, what he means by self-interest and the role this plays in the famous “invisible hand.” Our efforts focus in part on the misreading of “the invisible hand” by certain economists with a view to legitimizing their neoclassical economic...

Amartya Sen plantea que su noción de justicia tiene como antecedente el pensamiento de Adam Smith. Sen usa de una manera particular los conceptos de la simpatía y del espectador imparcial para elaborar su noción de justicia. Más allá de la afirmación de Sen, estamos interesados en indagar...

<b>With Foreword by Michael Porter</b> Following the success of the First Edition published in 2000, this extended edition of <i>From Adam Smith to Michael Porter: Evolution of Competitiveness Theory</i> provides a thorough explanation of the evolution of international competitiveness theories and their...