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

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

Giovanni Arrighi’s Adam Smith in Beijing (2007) explores the rise of China as a global economic power through the lens of Adam Smith’s theories, particularly those in The Wealth of Nations. Arrighi ...

Adam Smith Is a Better Economist Than Donald Trump Tariffs are taxes (and necessary), but they are not the most efficient way to raise revenue. by Richard K. Vedder February 20, 2025, 1:30 PM ...

Dr Madsen Pirie, president of the Adam Smith Institute, neatly summed up the views of the Kirkcaldy-born ‘Father of Economics’ on tariffs in an article following Donald Trump’s election victory.