Batchelor Interviews Henderson on Adam Smith and Chinese EVs David Henderson By David Henderson, Mar 12 2024 SHARE POST: Here it is. It goes to about the 9-minute point. RELATED CONTENT By Maria Pia Paganelli Who Was Adam Smith? Born in Scotland in 1723, where he lived most of his life and where he also died in 1790, Adam Smith is a mythical figure who fathered the modern discipline of economics, embraced unbridled self-interest, and fought against the government to promote capitalism and the interest of business and the rich. Jesse Norman's goal in his recent biography, Adam Smith: Father of Economics,1 is to show that the mythical Adam Smith is, well... a myth. His tools are the availability of an immense body of... Read This Article
RELATED CONTENT By Maria Pia Paganelli Who Was Adam Smith? Born in Scotland in 1723, where he lived most of his life and where he also died in 1790, Adam Smith is a mythical figure who fathered the modern discipline of economics, embraced unbridled self-interest, and fought against the government to promote capitalism and the interest of business and the rich. Jesse Norman's goal in his recent biography, Adam Smith: Father of Economics,1 is to show that the mythical Adam Smith is, well... a myth. His tools are the availability of an immense body of... Read This Article
Mar 13 2024 Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Schooling is Mostly Signaling Art Carden Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education lays out a strong argument that the financial returns to schooling--which have been increasing dramatically, year after year--are about 80% returns to signaling rather than returns to actual skill-building. In their new book, Cracks in the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Highe... 25 Read More
Mar 12 2024 Energy, Environment, Resources Preserving Canada's Wilderness Scott Sumner Canada's population is growing by about 500,000 per year. The new residents need housing. Where should these new homes be built? Readers can probably predict that I'll recommend letting the market determine the location of the new housing. But let's suppose you had other goals, beyond market efficiency. Suppos... 4 Read More
Mar 12 2024 Adam Smith Batchelor Interviews Henderson on Adam Smith and C... David Henderson Here it is. It goes to about the 9-minute point. 5 Read More
