This is a review essay of Dennis Rasmussen's 2017 book, The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the …

This article explores why Smith's work is a turning point in the history of economic thought. The constitution of an … economic discourse and the delimitation of the economy sphere are attributed to: i) the specific nature of Smith's moral … exchange. The text indicates the connections between Smith's moral philosophy and his economic thought, suggesting that the …

In the field of business ethics, Adam Smith has generally been viewed with a measure of suspicion. Smith's famous … egoism of economic actors is restrained by a more socially conscious mindset. To the extent that Adam Smith has been brought … market sceptics of business ethics. Little has thus far been done, however, to illustrate that Smith's moral writings …

This article will discuss the theological foundation of Adam Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes, and divine … design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the … the last decade or so, a "new theistic view" of Smith has emerged; in at least these interpretations, teleology has been …

On regular issues of policy reform—presupposing a stable integrated polity— Hume, Smith, and Burke were liberal in the … Smith’s case) a presumption of liberty in matters of policy reform. But we need another conceptualization that treats their … “conservative” is apt (though such conservatism was not otherwise purely neutral). Hume, Smith, and Burke were basically in …

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 …

The social encyclical Rerum Novarum closely links the question of poverty with that of property, and invokes Thomas …

ABSTRACT The controversies between Ricardo and Malthus reached a new peak when Malthus published his pamphlet The … Measure of Value Stated and Illustrated and Ricardo responded by his critical Notes on Malthus’s ‘Measure of Value’ (1823 … of the invariable measure of value. Starting from some insights provided by Malthus and Ricardo in their major or final …