Adam Smith & the American Revolution with Peter Onuf
Revolution 250 Podcast
English - July 25, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHistory american revolution boston massachusetts new england Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Adam Smith, born in 1723 and the father of modern economic theory, remains one of the most influential writers on markets development and state formation. He is also the author of Theory of Moral Sentiments, an examination of how people relate to one another. Peter S. Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, prolific scholar of the life and thought of Thomas Jefferson, joins us to talk about Adam Smith, the Scottish enlightenment, and Revolutionary America.