Adam Smith’s Libertarian Paternalism
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Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters
The very excellent Jesse Norman has alerted me to his forthcoming book which will be the subject of a COSMOS + TAXIS symposium appearing sometime next year. Adam Smithclassical liberalismJesse Normanphilosophy of social sciencepolitical economyPolitical philosophy
Competition, Economic Planning, and the Knowledge Problem
The collected works of Israel Kirzner — coming soon. Here, by the way, is Pete Boettke on “Why Israel Kirzner Deserves a Nobel Prize“. Adam SmithAustrian Economicsdispersed knowledgeIsrael KirznerLudwig von MisesPeter Boettkepolitical economyPraxeologyrationalismsituated cognitionSpontaneous order
Adam Smith and the Past, Present, and Future of Liberalism
Matt Ridley in The Journal of Private Enterprise, 32(3): 1-7. Adam SmithcapitalismilliberalismLiberalismmatt ridleyregressive leftSpontaneous orderVernon Smith
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
I’m looking forward to this. Check out the introduction as well. THE review here. Adam SmithDavid HumeDennis C. RasmussenfriendshipLiberalismScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophy
Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith
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What Unites Us
The always interesting Vernon Smith with Peter McLaren. Adam SmithKarl MarxLibertarianismPeter McLarenVernon Smith
Faith and the Compatibility of Science and Religion
Here’s an interview with Vernon Smith concerning the relationship of science to religion. I had no idea Vernon felt this way until I read his Discovery – A Memoir (which he so kindly sent me a few years back), so this interview is of no surprise. Despite Vernon’s genuine achievements the fashionably atheist philosopher would “cock a snook” at…
Luck and Learning to Make the Most of It
Here is Vernon Smith on Fortuna. Vernon very kindly wrote the preface to Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith. Some call it luck, others call it Providence, and that points to the mystery of the forces that shape us and that we shape—forces well beyond our comprehension. Adam SmithBehavioral economicsEconomicsfortunaLuckProvidencesituated cognitionTheory…
Deirdre McCloskey and Don Boudreaux on ‘Bourgeois Equality’
I’m a literary, quantitative, postmodern, free-market, progressive-Episcopalian, Midwestern woman from Boston who was once a man. Not ‘conservative’! I’m a Christian libertarian. That description would flummox the regressives’ crude social ontology and their perversely illiberal hierarchy of victimhood. Anyway, it’s well-worth listening to the very kind and deeply talented Deirdre McCloskey whom I had the good fortune to meet in…
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