The Life of Adam Smith.

The Economist (US) | November 11, 1995 | Copyright

GIVEN the resurgence of free-market thought since the early 1980s and the recent passing of two anniversaries (the bicentennials of the publication of the "Wealth of Nations" in 1976 and Adam Smith's death in 1990), it is surprising to find that no full- length biography of him has appeared in over 100 years. Closer examination, however, shows Smith to have been a retiring, gentle figure, who divided his life between the University of Glasgow, his hometown of Kirkcaldy, to which he returned after a brief continental tour as tutor to the young Duke of Buccleuch, and ...

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