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June 5th is Keynes' 142nd birthday and June 16, 1723, is the day Adam Smith was born. Everyone knows "Wealth of Nations" (1776) and "Theory of Moral Sentiments." ...
ESPN's Adam Schefter recently appeared on 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia and threw some freezing water on that theory. “I don’t think so, I would say, no. I don’t think that’s practical ...
When economists celebrate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations next year, US President Donald Trump’s mercantilism will constitute an incongruous ...
The aim of M&M, as they became known, was to turn corporate finance from a seat-of-the-pants decision-making process — for example on when and how to borrow money — into “a structured theory ...
In doing so, however, they provide further evidence that Adam Smith got there first. Before discussing the concept of value in “The Wealth of Nations” (1776), Smith notes the importance of ...
Many fans also wanted NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to veto the trade as they felt it was handing an unfair advantage for the Lakers to have acquired the 26-year-old superstar for a minimal return.
Adam Smith defined how we think about free markets. His guiding principle was, famously, the invisible hand – a mystical force or the hand of God, but the idea that the pursuit of individual interests ...
[The Tariff Superstition: Why Protectionism Always Fails and Who Really Pays the Price by Marcel Kadosa. Translated by Bálint Téborski. Eger, Hungary, 2025. 159 pp.] Hungary in the years after World ...
The theory that his presence in his new station as minority owner of the Raiders would be a boon for recruiting coaches and players, welp … But, hey, Smith is a fine player and Carroll is a Hall ...
Some international trade lawyers foresee calls continuing from clients as President Donald Trump’s push for tariffs continues. Lawyers and leaders of some Am Law 200 firms said inquiries have ...