By Mark John LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are the rallying calls of many of today's most heated economic debates. They could also come straight ...

The 250th anniversary of Adam Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations' prompts reflection on its enduring relevance in modern economic debates. Often regarded as the 'father of capitalism,' Smith's ideas on ...

Adam Smith’s free-markets masterwork, published on March 9, 1776, was about much more than economics. Jesse Norman is the author of “Adam Smith: Father of Economics.” His new book on Adam Smith will ...

We should know Adam Smith as the father of capitalism. His crowning achievement became free market gospel, but somehow he is left out of the Wall Street brochure. The ignorance of Adam Smith’s ...

Adam Smith, a Scotsman, and Karl Marx, a German, are probably the two best known political economists in the Conceptual West. They lived a few decades apart and each had profound impact on how ...

Guest: Glory Liu is a lecturer in social studies at Harvard University. She is the author of Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism.

Discover how government impacts capitalism, regulation, and free markets. Explore different economic theories and their views ...

Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (TWON), published on March 9, 1776, shares the year of its birth with the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Both documents ...