#adamsmith

https://www.europesays.com/1994401/ Adam Smith, Economics, Finance and Geopolitics #AdamSmith #america #economics #geopolitics #InvisibleHand #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics

**Adam Smith on Slavery**

Jack Russell Weinstein

“_Smith offered an economic argument against slavery because he did not believe that monarchy (or freedom from it), wealth, or religion can be trusted to convince people to free their slaves._”

https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/adam-smith-on-slavery.

#Essay #History #AdamSmith #Slavery #Philosophy @philosophy

@randahl Perhaps economists on the thread can chime in with their favourite #FreeTrade and specialisation arguments. For the rest of us, we have to dig out #AdamSmith et al.

The world tried for decades to agree on unrestricted, international trade #WTO and now it's like you have to debate the underlying principles again.

https://www.europesays.com/1942187/ White House, DOD deny that Hegseth leaked military secrets in chat app #AdamSmith #AtlanticLeak #CirculatedAirForceTimes #CirculatedArmyTimes #CirculatedDefenseNews #CirculatedMarineCorpsTimes #CirculatedMilitaryTimes #CirculatedNavyTimes #ClassifiedInformation #MarkWarner #MilitarySecrets #MilitaryTimes #PeteHegseth #RogerWicker #signal #TheWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration

https://www.europesays.com/1940398/ Defense Secretary Hegseth pressed on Pentagon meeting with Musk #AdamSmith #DefenseDepartment #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #Musk #PeteHegseth

"Richard Cantillon's pioneering Essai was widely read and highly influential throughout the eighteenth century. It was widely read as was the custom of the day, in ‘underground’ manuscript form, by literary, scientific and intellectual people interested in the advance of thought and in the practical problems of the day." https://mises.org/library/book/austrian-perspective-history-economic-thought #richardcantillon #aphet #rothbard #economics #adamsmith #science

How Ukraine can win.
Or I'd rather say "one of the several levels on which Ukraine will win".

And... I'd also say that the russian bear is not entirely fat but half obese, half dried and chewed up.

#Ukraine will win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNF0ZYp-7_A

#putin #russia #economy #AdamSmith #tsar

@gutenberg_org

“not only is there no invocation of the free market […Adam Smith] plainly sees that government, not private industry, is the only force capable of effectively ‘erecting and maintaining’ the technically unprofitable but nevertheless indispensable ‘publick works’ and ‘publick institutions’ […] essential to every modern state.”

—Evan Gottlieb on the origins & legacy of Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/05/invisible-hand-over-fist-on-the-development-and-legacy-of-adam-smiths-famous-phrase/

#Scottish #literature #AdamSmith #economics #18thcentury

They were joined by the ranking #Democrats on the equivalent cmtes in the #House: Reps #AdamSmith of WA, of the #ArmedServices Cmte; #GregoryMeeks of NY, of the #ForeignAffairs Cmte; #JimHimes of CT, of the #Intelligence Cmte. Rep #RajaKrishnamoorthi of IL, the snr Democrat on a special House cmte formed to address threats from #China, signed on as well.

…the lawmakers said that #Musk was, under #Trump’s direction, “destroying our federal #NationalSecurity work force…”

#USpol #authoritarianism

Adam Smith réinventé : Le capabilisme comme alternative au capitalisme

Découvrez la relecture révolutionnaire d'Adam Smith par Thierry C. Pauchant. Le "capabilisme" : une vision économique centrée sur l'humain et le bien-être collectif. Un nouveau regard sur le père de l'économie moderne qui pourrait redéfinir notre approche du développement. #Capabilisme #AdamSmith #ÉconomieDurable Adam Smith, précurseur insoupçonné du développement humain ? La pensée d'Adam Smith,…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/adam-smith-reinvente-le-capabilisme-comme-alternative-au-capitalisme/

@HighlandLawyer
> by those who've never read his works

Guilty as charged : P But one of my favourite snippet is;

"The monopolists, by keeping the market constantly understocked, by never fully supplying the effectual demand, sell their commodities much above the natural price, and raise their emoluments, whether they consist in wages or profit, greatly above their natural rate."

#AdamSmith

https://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/SmithQUOTES.htm

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @FantasticalEconomics @TonyStark

**Adam Smith Conservation project**

Ellie Davies

_“The book, dated 1768- 1775, consists of seven volumes bound together. The condition of the object was reflective of its age and usage; the front cover had detached, and the book had split entirely down the middle, with other signs of wear and deterioration.”_

https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/adam-smith-conservation-project/

#Library #Archives #AdamSmith #BookRestoration #Restoration #Book #Bookstodon @bookstodon

**Domination vs. Persuasion: The Role of Libido Dominandi in Adam Smith’s Thought**

_“We love to dominate not because we seek approval but because, through ordering, we do not need to persuade others to foster our ends. We are free from the troublesome endeavor of persuading them.”_

Santori, P. (2025) ‘Domination vs. Persuasion: The Role of Libido Dominandi in Adam Smith’s Thought’, The Review of Politics, pp. 1–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S003467052400069X.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #AdamSmith #Politics #Domination #Persuasion #Academia #Academic

#Image attribution: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AdamSmith.jpg

An interesting blog post from one of our Arts Library Associates, here at the University of Glasgow and coordinated by my colleague. The Associate's project focussed on restoring a book from the collection of Adam Smith (of the institution's notable alumni). Fascinating reading, mainly because this is an area about which I know little.

Adam Smith Conservation project https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/adam-smith-conservation-project/ #AdamSmith #libraries #conservation #books #ScottishEnlightenment #Enlightenment

FANTASTIC site from Representative #AdamSmith (WA-09)
#DemsDoingStuff
Tracking #Trump -- All of the Orange Goblin's activities, mapped, explained, and sourced by category.
https://arcg.is/1S4Pf4

(It would be truly stupid to ascribe to what capitalist scum think Smith was about) What would #AdamSmith think of #Capitalists #richpigs @bloomberg @podcasts-bloomberg

Hypocritical pricks, and #Landlords! #Parasites!

"The landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for the natural produce of the earth." -Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations #capitalism

…“Ich möchte wissen, wo diese Untersuchung bleibt", sagte der Abgeordnete #AdamSmith aus dem Bundesstaat Washington, der ranghöchste Demokrat im Streitkräfteausschuss des Repräsentantenhauses (HASC). "Ich bin zutiefst besorgt darüber, dass sie im Grunde stillgelegt und begraben wurde - und nicht weiterverfolgt wird."Smith sagte mir, dass die Demokraten im HASC das Verteidigungsministerium um einen aktuellen Bericht über die IG-Untersuchung bitten. Es wird sicherlich interessant sein zu sehen,

Le 29 janvier prochain, le professeur et membre de l'IICADD Thierry Pauchant présentera une conférence sur le sujet de l' #economiesociale et l'#economiecoopérative. Pour en savoir plus et pour vous inscrire, suivez le lien ci-dessous!https://institutcoop.hec.ca/liicadd-propose-un-nouveau-seminaire-leconomie-sociale-et-cooperative-lheritage-surprenant-dadam-smith-presente-par-thierry-pauchant/
#coop #capabilityapproach #adamsmith #robertowen

»Wealth of Nations« (1776) von #AdamSmith ist über lange Strecken irre fizzelig. Preise, Wechselkurse ect., und dass eben Spezialisierung, Ausnutzen von Preisunterschieden und kluge Spekulation Gewinn ermöglicht.

Zugleich postuliert er, dass ein wirklich freier Markt, der wie Gottes Hand alles gütlich ordnet, nur bei vollständiger Transparenz aller relevanten Infos funktioniert.

MobTel mit (1500€) oder ohne Kinderarbeit (549€) gehört auf Verpackung.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/06/drc-cobalt-child-labour/

#Lieferkettengesetz

The relationship between energy and capital: insights from The Wealth of Nations—New #OpenAccess paper by @simon_mair → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/paper-sm-energy-and-capital/ cc #AdamSmith #PoliticalEconomy #EnergyTransition #LowCarbonTransition #Capitalism #PostGrowth #Degrowth