Did Adam Smith—celebrated hero of free trade—make a big exception for reasons of national defense? Would he support the Jones ...

Just four months before The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth ...

The company founder created a global transportation giant. He died Saturday at age 80.

June 5th is Keynes' 142nd birthday and June 16, 1723, is the day Adam Smith was born. Everyone knows "Wealth of Nations" (1776) and "Theory of Moral Sentiments." ...

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, famously described what would be one of the central drivers of economic progress for centuries to come: the division of labor. Thomas W. Malone ...

Over the next half-century, Smith, a Marine Corps veteran, oversaw the growth of a company that became something of an economic bellwether because so ... flying packages to 25 U.S. cities. Smith’s ...

The man largely credited with inventing marketplace capitalism, Adam Smith, lived at home with his mother. While he wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776, she cooked and cleaned for him.

FedEx founder Fred Smith, whose express shipping company set the standard for absolutely, positively overnight delivery, has died.

Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was the father of Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith.

He was married to the former Elizabeth Little and was the father of one daughter, Jordan, and three sons, Virgil Kai, Adam and Anthony. Memorial services have not yet been announced.