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Adam Smith’s Lost Legacy
May 9, 2008, 5:33 am, 289376
It’s always pleasing to read letters in the Scottish press from residents debating some of the ideas of Adam Smith from people who appear to have read his works.
Two recent correspondents are Ellis Thorpe (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) (‘I prefer Adam Smith's idea – tax on what I ...
Two recent correspondents are Ellis Thorpe (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) (‘I prefer Adam Smith's idea – tax on what I ...
May 8, 2008, 9:33 am, 288785
Tim Worstall, a prolific Blogger in his own right (HERE), a contributor to several other Blogs, and also a co-Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute (London), picks up on a brief extract of 500 words out of over 5,000 words) from a researched article in Foreign Affairs (March/April 2008) ...
May 7, 2008, 3:33 pm, 288308
From The Earth Times (HERE) a Press Release:
“Writing From the Perspective That Perception Is Not Always Reality, Author Reveals Compelling Philosophy Behind Prosperity” by Calvin Swindell, an “Author, lecturer and business performance consultant Calvin Swindell is founder of numerous businesses while serving on church and ...
“Writing From the Perspective That Perception Is Not Always Reality, Author Reveals Compelling Philosophy Behind Prosperity” by Calvin Swindell, an “Author, lecturer and business performance consultant Calvin Swindell is founder of numerous businesses while serving on church and ...
May 6, 2008, 7:33 am, 287315
Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics, and a long time friend of Lost Legacy (a couple of his articles on Adam Smith are on our home page under ‘articles’), writes a readable and sensible piece ‘Preserving liquidity a valuable option in mortgage market’ for The Sheet (‘better business journalism’; Melbourne, ...
May 6, 2008, 5:33 am, 287269
EconTalk (part of the Library of Economics and Liberty) (5 May) provides an insightful look at an aspect of current policy interest through a discussion by John Nye and Russ Roberts, professors at George Mason University, on the issues raised in John Nye’s (2007) book, War, Wine, and Taxes: ...
May 5, 2008, 7:33 pm, 287022
This weekend my email server went down, unexplained still by the server company. I knew something was wrong on Saturday afternoon when I had received no emails, including from Google on mentions of Adam Smith on the web. Nothing still on Sunday and nothing until sometime ...
May 3, 2008, 9:33 am, 286136
Jerome J. Schmitt writes in American Thinker 3 May (HERE):
“Biofuels: The lesson for Biomedicine”
’SCIENCE and NATURE are the two premier world publications in science yet Al Gore assured Congress in late March that the "science is settled". Not one human has ever been harmed ...
“Biofuels: The lesson for Biomedicine”
’SCIENCE and NATURE are the two premier world publications in science yet Al Gore assured Congress in late March that the "science is settled". Not one human has ever been harmed ...
May 1, 2008, 7:33 am, 284945
The National Post (Toronto, Canada) editorial board on the global rice crisis:
‘It's time to liberalize the world rice market’(30 April) by Marni Soupcoff
“Our shops could simply jack up the price of rice and let supply and demand operate the way God and Adam Smith ...
‘It's time to liberalize the world rice market’(30 April) by Marni Soupcoff
“Our shops could simply jack up the price of rice and let supply and demand operate the way God and Adam Smith ...
May 1, 2008, 5:33 am, 284887
On a strange source, at least to my taste (HERE) I found this interesting quotation from Joseph Stiglitz:
‘Adam Smith was aware of some of the limitations of free markets, and research since then has further clarified why free markets, by themselves, often do not lead to what ...
‘Adam Smith was aware of some of the limitations of free markets, and research since then has further clarified why free markets, by themselves, often do not lead to what ...
May 1, 2008, 5:33 am, 284886
Jerry Mazza, associate editor of Online Journal (“established 1998 to provide uncensored and accurate news, analysis and commentary” writes (1 May):
“The Invisible Hand is picking your pocket”:
“The Invisible Hand is a notion brought to us by Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations. It poses ...
“The Invisible Hand is picking your pocket”:
“The Invisible Hand is a notion brought to us by Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations. It poses ...