And from at least the time of Adam Smith's 1776 "Wealth of Nations" to 1998's Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond, "Guns, Germs, and Steel," people have speculated why some areas of the globe ...

Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776, adding a second revolutionary event to that fateful year. A political democracy was born on one side ...

Ignore the left’s diabolical legerdemain, for 2026 also marks the 250 th anniversary of Adam Smith’s most famous work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

37, No. 4, Fall 2023 Changes in the Distribution of Black and... Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil ... and Moritz Schularick. 2023a. "Wealth of Two Nations: The ...

The modern educational choice movement, meanwhile, which counts Black parents among ... on America’s founders: Adam Smith and Thomas Paine. In “The Wealth of Nations,” Smith posited ways ...

He is clearly rather a fan of Adam Smith. An audience who had read either of Smith's blockbusters, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (published in 1759) or The Wealth of Nations (1776), would have ...

wealth, savings, employment and credit to provide snapshots of Black and white economic inequality. Here's what we found. The Black and white income gap across the U.S. has remained substantial ...

This gap represents the stark disparity in wealth between Black and white households in America, a divide that historical and systemic inequities have perpetuated. According to recent studies ...

RASMUSSEN, DENNIS C. 2006. Does “Bettering Our Condition” Really Make Us Better Off? Adam Smith on Progress and Happiness. American Political Science Review, Vol. 100, Issue. 3, p. 309. Blaug, Mark ...

That potentially reduces the possibility of anxiety and other traits associated with “sudden wealth syndrome.” Probably most estate planners now recommend avoiding the black and white rules of ...

The 18th-century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is credited with writing the first great work on political economy. His treatise "The Wealth of Nations" describes the evolution and political ...

Adam Smith is commonly regarded as ... really did read Smith’s famous 1776 treatise The Wealth of Nations before they embarked upon the Union. Alexander Hamilton’s work in particular reveals ...