Wealth of Nations, Book II

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, I will be presenting my forthcoming book Beyond the Adam Smith Problem (with Salim Rashid) and attending two conferences overseas, one in Paris (10 June); the other in Glasgow next week (17-20 June). In addition, I will also be featuring a different part of Smith’s magnum opus on my blog. (See here and here for my previous blog posts on Book I of The Wealth of Nations.) Below is a compilation of my previous blog posts on Book II of Smith’s treatise: Adam Smith, father of development economics Law, liberty, and Adam Smith Adam Smith’s master class on money Adam Smith’s survey of money substitutes Adam Smith, the father of government regulation? Another Adam Smith distinction: productive and unproductive professions and pursuits Adam Smith’s secret sauce Adam Smith forever! Adam Smith on interest rate selection bias: Book II, Chapter 4 Adam Smith on capitalism and freedom: Book II, Chapter 5