Scottish philosopher and political economist Adam Smith published, ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of ...

It was correct for Benjamin Enke, the Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, to point out that previous discussions of political economy “were deeply intertwined ...

U.S. agriculture is on the brink of a financial shakeout that will be the worse since the farm crisis of the 1980s. This is ...

June 5th is Keynes' 142nd birthday and June 16, 1723, is the day Adam Smith was born. Everyone knows "Wealth of Nations" (1776) and "Theory of Moral Sentiments." ...

In the sixth of this six-part series of The Economics Show, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman tackle a selection of questions, and even ...

Corruption, a complex political issue deeply rooted in societal structures, demands urgent action rather than empty moral preaching, as this article argues through historical insights and the pressing ...

Generation PMCA commentary for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Countless articles over the last few weeks recommended ...

This writer challenges the validity of South Africa's unemployment metrics by arguing that they fail to reflect the lived economic realities of the majority Black population, critiquing the methodolog ...

A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons,’ independent scholar David Bollier shows how the idea of commons — that ...

President Trump’s ability to call in troops on such a “small whim” is what we should be fearing, according to Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA). Rep. Smith joins Alex Witt to explore how President ...

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NPR asks Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about the mobilization of U.S. Marines and deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.