Understandable Economics

by Mark Bauerlein

Matthew Hennessey joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. Continue Reading »

19 May 2022

Adam Smith’s Civilizing Process

by Peter J. Leithart

Adam Smith, a founding theorist of capitalism, agreed with many criticisms of commercial culture. Continue Reading »

5 May 2017

Adam Smith on Society’s Exploitation of the Rich

by James R. Rogers

Donald Trump ascribing responsibility for his first two failed marriages to working “like, twenty-two hours a day” brought to mind Adam Smith’s invocation of the “invisible hand” in his 1759 work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. There, the invisible hand is not quite the same general . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2016