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Craig Richardson on Storytelling, Economics, and Magic
June 7, 2024 Why do progressives tell better stories than proponents of the free market? Do big corporations really care about the people who work for them? Has economics lost its magic? Are economists born or made? Professor, magician, and storyteller Craig Richardson joins Juliette Sellgren for a whirlwind conversation.
Lovers need Smith's Impartial Spectator too.
Carly Jackson for AdamSmithWorks June 6, 2024
Dan Klein on Smith: Self-Command, Pride, and Vanity
May 31, 2024
Adam Smith Comics: The Woolen Coat
May 16, 2024 Before Leonard Read's " I, Pencil ", before Russ Robert's " It's a Wonderful Loaf ", there was Adam Smith's red woolen coat keeping laborers warm and reminding readers of the infinite, complicated stories behind even seemingly simple things.
Erik Matson on Adam Smith, David Hume, and the New Paternalists
May 10, 2024 What would Adam Smith and David Hume say about mandatory savings accounts or calorie counts on menus? Does their 18th century understanding of rationality have anything in common with today's paternalists?