Revolution 250 Podcast

Adam Smith & the American Revolution with Peter Onuf

July 25, 2023 Peter S. Onuf Season 4 Episode 30
Revolution 250 Podcast
Adam Smith & the American Revolution with Peter Onuf
Show Notes

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.