Adam Smith
Student, scholar, and rector at the University of Glasgow.
Join us in learning about his life, ideas, and relevance to the 21st century.
Life and times of Adam Smith
Adam Smith's life and the context in which he worked were under the spotlight in the Adam Smith tercentenary, with discussions offering new insights and reflections.
Adam Smith's ideas
Adam Smith's ideas were at the core of the tercentenary with events and activities to help people understand more deeply the concepts he developed.
Adam Smith in the 21st century
What impact does Adam Smith's writing and ideas have on economics, politics and society today. And can we still use his concepts to tackle 21st century problems?
Life, work and legacy
About Adam Smith's life and his time at Glasgow University. Explore his influential works and learn about his legacy.
The Wealth of Nations
What did Adam Smith say in his most famous book? Learn more about The Wealth of Nations and his other important writings.
Smith and Glasgow today
The University of Glasgow is a major centre for the study of Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment, and holds many significant artefacts connected with Smith.
300 years of Adam Smith
On the tercentenary of Adam Smith's birth, the University of Glasgow helped people around the world explore his thinking and his legacy.
Promoting an informed understanding of Smith and his approach to morality and markets is at the heart of Adam Smith 300.
We inspired an on-going discussion about Adam Smith, his world-changing ideas and their relevance to the problems of the 21st century.
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