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June 12, 2014adam smith

Several people have recently inquired about the status of the forthcoming Adam Smith volume. Here are the finalized details. Adam Smithadam smith problempropriety and prosperity

May 6, 2014adam smith

Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith

Now that the ms has been shipped off to the publisher here is the finalized lineup: Foreword — Vernon Smith Adam Smith as a Scottish Philosopher — Gordon Graham Friendship in Commercial Society Revisited: Adam Smith on Commercial Friendship — Spyridon Tegos Adam Smith and French Political Economy: Parallels and Differences — Laurent Dobuzinskis Adam Smith: 18th Century…

January 29, 2014adam smith

Family and the Politics of Moderation: Private Life, Public Goods, and the Rebirth of Social Individualism

Coming soon from Lauren who is also contributing to Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith. Adam SmithfamilyIndividualismlauren hallmoderationPolitics

January 22, 2014adam smith, vernon smith

Adam Smith: From Propriety and Sentiments to Property and Wealth

Here is a recent freebie written by Vernon Smith who also happens to be writing the Forward to the forthcoming volume Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith. Adam Smithadam smith problemcomplexitypropriety and prosperitySpontaneous orderVernon Smith

January 7, 2014adam smith

Rummaging around in Adam Smith’s brain

Here’s an interview with Jack Weinstein whose Adam Smith’s Pluralism: Rationality, Education, and the Moral Sentiments will be the subject of an upcoming symposium for Cosmos + Taxis. Also, Jack is contributing to my Propriety and Prosperity: New Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith scheduled to appear this year. Adam SmithJack WeinsteinTheory of Moral SentimentsWealth of…

December 17, 2013adam smith, Jack Weinstein

Adam Smith’s Pluralism: Rationality, Education, and the Moral Sentiments

My chum Jack Weinstein’s book that I trailed some six months ago is garnering some amazing press coverage — amazing not only because it’s an academic philosophy book — but because it’s on Adam Smith and in the LA Times — and certainly not the Adam Smith of the ideologues or their “anti-liberty” vulgarian counterparts.…

October 25, 2013adam smith, hume

The Avuncular David Hume

Hume is on my mind especially in regard to my current work on Adam Smith. To this end, I’ve been re-watching Bryan Magee’s series The Great Philosophers from ’87. I’ve especially enjoyed the Hume discussion with John Passmore. Magee is an expositor second to none despite the fact that his expert guests are more intimate with-…

October 4, 2013adam smith

Erasing the Invisible Hand

I’m just about finished reading this unrelenting and fine-grained assault on the concept of the invisible hand. This is one of the most remarkable pieces of scholarship I’ve read in many years whatever its flaws. Samuel is terrier-like with a rag doll! No doubt this book is going to upset many ideologues – and so…

September 13, 2013philanthropy

Philanthropic Institutional Design and the Welfare State

Here is the abstract to David’s and my paper just published in Conversations on Philanthropy, Vol. IX: Law and Philanthropy The topic of philanthropy has a great deal of philosophical interest because it exists at the nexus of issues surrounding distributive, remedial, and commutative justice, perennial issues in political philosophy (Ealy 2010, vi). It is perhaps…

September 12, 2013Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Taleb on Skin in the Game

Nassim Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his recent paper (with Constantine Sandis) on the morality and effectiveness of “skin in the game.” When decision makers have skin in the game–when they share in the costs and benefits of their decisions that might affect others–they are more likely to make prudent decisions than…