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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his radically doctrinaire legislature should heed an observation of the venerable Scottish philosopher, economist and classical liberal sage Adam Smith.

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The ten-year renovation of Adam Smith's last surviving residence to create a home for modern debate in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment is recounted in a new podcast

The ten-year renovation of Adam Smith's last surviving residence to create a home for modern debate in the spirit of the Scottish Enlightenment is recounted in a new podcast

The institutions of civil society are important because they areneither created nor controlled by the state. While public funding requires accountability and some services require training, skills,and a professional approach, this is entirely within the capabilityof the voluntary sector. Government should not be allowed to seducecommunity groups into becoming its mouthpiece or an extension ofitself.

By Louis René Beres, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Purdue University “The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world…At the thought of this, his heart seems to swell and dilate itself within him, and he is fonder of his wealth, upon this […]

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Scholars’ tendency to read the great economist through the lens of their own philosophical and political commitments is neither unexpected nor helpful. One book helps us identify some of those biases and also something closer to Smith’s true legacy.

<p>Glory M. Liu's account of Adam Smith's reception in America explains how American politicians read selectively in Smith's capacious writings on political economy and public morality to construct a self-interested view of the market as a natural phenomenon, writes historian Kim Phillips-Fein. </p>

How conservatives made him their icon and distorted his ideas