If you put 50 randomly selected American academic economists in a room and ask them what they thought of raising tariffs as a way of increasing economic growth, I bet at least 48 of them would say ...

Allen founded the Adam Smith Lecture Series during his 37-year tenure at Boise State.

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Adam Smith has become the symbol of American capitalism, a champion of free trade and a free market. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it sometimes seems as if capitalism and America share the ...

Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Merryn Talks Money on Spotify What would philosopher and political economist Adam Smith think of Donald Trump’s love of tariffs? What ...

The father of economics, championing competitive markets, free trade and a narrow role for government, would be perplexed by ...

Quote of the Day: A powerful Quote of the Day does more than sound wise; it asks us to pause and examine how we think, judge, and act in our everyday lives. Some quotes endure not because they offer ...