About the Program
Nicholas Philipson, honorary research fellow in history at the University of Edinburgh, presents a biography of philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790). The author examines Smith's philosophical and economic thinking and explores his best known work, The Wealth of Nations, which popularized the notion of the "invisible hand" of the market and shaped modern economics. Nicholas Philipson is joined in conversation by James Otteson, philosophy and economics professor, Yeshiva University at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC.