Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 527
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"They know about The Wealth of Nations and that Margaret Thatcher, the enemy, always had a copy of Wealth of Nations, the legend goes, in her handbag."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"She didn't read the first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, clearly, but she read the second one and did use that as an authority to promote her economic theories and activities and policies."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"When Adam Smith was writing The Wealth of Nations in the mid-18th century, it wasn't supermarkets he was worried about."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"Here is a passage from The Wealth of Nations read by John Ewell: While they were traders only, they managed their trade successfully and were able to pay from their profits a moderate dividend to the proprietors of the stock."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"At its peak, which was around the mid-18th century when Adam Smith was writing The Wealth of Nations, the East India Company controlled..."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"Writing in The Wealth of Nations, Smith blamed the severity of the famine on the East India Company's improper regulations and injudicious restraints."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"Oh yes, that's another phrase I really love, and to be honest, there are parts of The Wealth of Nations that are mesmerizingly mundane."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"So I think the association of Smith with economics has privileged that particular element in his analysis, which is more apparent in The Wealth of Nations."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"It's in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, but it's understood in a richer context in The Theory of Moral Sentiments."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"It was in this 17th century building that Smith completed the final editions of his two masterworks: The Theory of Moral Sentiments and, of course, The Wealth of Nations."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"It was in this 17th century building that Smith completed the final editions of his two masterworks: The Theory of Moral Sentiments and, of course, The Wealth of Nations."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"I'm sure he'd have risen with the sun and done some work on his revisions to The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations before he put on his dress coat and wandered up Edinburgh's beautiful Royal Mile."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"I'm sure he'd have risen with the sun and done some work on his revisions to The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations before he put on his dress coat and wandered up Edinburgh's beautiful Royal Mile."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"Some people have suggested that, and they've said that if you look at some of the changes made to the very final edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments after she had passed away, some of the passages might be interpreted as reducing the religious context."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"While he was able to make meaningful revisions to The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations during his time at Panmure, he was also, unfortunately, really busy with his day job."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"While he was able to make meaningful revisions to The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations during his time at Panmure, he was also, unfortunately, really busy with his day job."
The Wealth of Nations
Buy on Amazon"I know The Wealth of Nations is the most famous book, but for me, as mentioned earlier, it's the Theory of Moral Sentiments that serves as the true guide."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Buy on Amazon"I know The Wealth of Nations is the most famous book, but for me, as mentioned earlier, it's the Theory of Moral Sentiments that serves as the true guide."
Sapiens
Buy on Amazon"I'm not sure it's self-confidence; at least when I wrote Sapiens, I didn't take myself or the project too seriously. I thought, sure, I might make some terrible mistakes, but that's fine."