Author:Adam Smith

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Adam Smith
(1723–1790)

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Scottish political economist and moral philosopher whose work is credited as the genesis of the modern discipline of economics.

Works

The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments (2nd Edition) (1761) (transcription project)
The Wealth of Nations (1776) An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations IA 1, IA 2
- Vol 1 (1902) (transcription project)
- Vol 2 (1902) (transcription project)
- Vol 3 (1902) (transcription project)
'Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan,' included in The Life of David Hume, Esq. (1776). See also: Anonymous 1777.
Essays on Philosophical Subjects, 1795 IA
The Works of Adam Smith, 1811 (start transcription)
Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms (1896) (external scan)

Works about Smith

"Smith, Adam," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Smith, Adam," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Smith, Adam," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Smith, Adam," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Adam Smith and 'The Wealth of Nations'" The Harvard Classics Vol. 51
"Obituary of Adam Smith," The Times, 24 July 1790
Anonymous (1777). A Letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his friend David Hume Esq. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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