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Extras: Jeremy Lott on Comics, Adam Smith, and More
September 19, 2023 Jeremy Lott talks about his hopes for his kids, finding meaningful projects, his favorite projects, and lots of Adam Smith.
Adam Smith Comics: What Smith Said
June 15, 2023 What people think Adam Smith meant and what Adam Smith actually said aren't always the same thing. Curtis and Lott create a scene many Smith fans have likely dreamed of. … Race. Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Butcher, The Baker, and the Brewer Jason Meadows and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility and The Boy Who Loved to Play
Jeremy Lott on Comics, Adam Smith, and More
September 8, 2023
Adam Smith Comics: The Butcher, The Baker, and the Brewer
May 25, 2023 How does an economist explain the glory of food trucks to a curious kid—at bedtime? … Comics: The Invisible Hand, The Man of System, and Science is the Great Antidote Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments Jason Meadows and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility
May 30, 2023 Races must be won with virtue if you want the spectators to cheer. … , and Science is the Great Antidote Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Butcher, The Baker, and the Brewer Jason Meadows and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility
Adam Smith Comics: The Boy Loved To Play
June 4, 2023 One of the major benefits of the division of labor is breaking down complex processes into simple ones, then regular people can find improvements in the system. And maybe even spend more time fishing. … is the Great Antidote, and The Race. Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Butcher, The Baker, and the Brewer Jason Meadows and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility
Adam Smith Comics: Man of System
May 11, 2023 "[The Man of System] seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess–board." … impress upon it. (TMS VI.ii.2.17) Want More? Douglas Curtis and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments Teacher Resource for a Man of System Activity
Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility
May 18, 2023 Many people associate Adam Smith with the idea that greed is good but Smith is very critical of individuals who pursue greedy ambitions even while acknowledging that their activities can benefit and be good for others. Our newest comic … … and Silas Marner: Heaps of Gold Want to learn more from comics? Douglas Curtis and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand and The Man of System Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith Comics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments
May 8, 2023 There are many famous first lines from novels. We think Adam Smith's philosophical opening is just as deserving of recognition. … , is not altogether without it. Want More? Douglas Curtis and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand Edward J. Harpham's Sympathy, Fellow-Feeling, and the Imagination Lauren Hall's Adam Smith, Sympathy, and Spontaneous Social-Moral Order
Adam Smith Comics: Wonder, Surprise, and Admiration
June 26, 2023 Where does inquiry begin? Before Adam Smith becomes the "father of economics" he looks at the stars, reads Isaac Newton, and wonders about the nature of the world and the discovery of truth. Get a glimpse here.
Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand
May 2, 2023 Have you ever wondered what an invisible hand looks like?
Adam Smith Comics: Science is the Great Antidote
June 22, 2023 "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." … and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand and The Man of System Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott's AdamSmithComics: The Opening of The Theory of Moral Sentiments Jason Meadows and Jeremy Lott's Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility
September 5, 2023 We're not sure if Adam Smith could have imagined his words being turned into comics but we hope he would get a chuckle and maybe even a new idea from them if he could see them. … Sally Madden Adam Smith Comics: The Butcher, The Baker, and the Brewer Paula Richey and Jeremy Lott Adam Smith Comics: The Boy Loved To Play Jason Meadows and Jeremy Lott Adam Smith Comics: Science is the Great Antidote Douglas Curtis and Jeremy Lott
Explore the most famous metaphor in economics with our collection of original resources for you and your classroom.
Tackling the division of labor in your classroom? Let us help you start with Adam Smith.
A comic strip to spark discussion of Adam Smith's "the butcher, the brewer, and the baker", and of how our care for each other is affected by money. “Bellringers” are classroom tools that help set the tone or introduce a topic in the classroom. Adam Smith Works bellringers use quotations from and activities based on the work of Adam Smith, allowing you to illustrate the long history of the ideas you …
Adam Smith on Cost and Utility
August 29, 2023 "That Smith had emphasized cost is a consensus among economists, but that Smith emphasized utility might be a misunderstanding. In fact, Smith had put utility away in both his books for different reasons."
Adam Smith Goes to the Dentist
Thoughts from the dentist's chair about pain prevention and cooperation. … our relatively pain-free lives possible. Want more? Adam Smith Comics: The Invisible Hand by Doug Curtis and Jeremy Lott Everybody Loves Mikey by Michael Munger at Econlib Donald Boudreaux, Michael Munger, and Russ Roberts on Emergent Order at EconTalk
Adam Smith on Money and the Pursuit of Happiness
"Happiness requires not that we obtain ever more but that we recognize when we have enough, so that we can turn our attention from mere idols to the things that really matter." … from mere idols to the things that really matter. Want more? Jimena Hurtado's Smith Snark on Bernard Mandeville Jeremy Lott and Jason Meadows' Adam Smith Comics: Trinkets of Frivolous Utility Erik Matson's Perspectives from Smith on Wealth and Happiness
Adam Smith and Owning It with The Mystery of the Invisible Hand
June 23, 2022 How can teachers introduce their students to Adam Smith's insights with less eye rolling and more engaged learning? Lauren Heller suggests using a little mystery, The Mystery of the Invisible Hand by Marshall Jevons, that is. … charm your students, eye rolls accepted. Want More? You can purchase the book! Listen to a Great Antidote podcast featuring Kenneth Elzinga where he talks about the books and many other things A more traditional review of the book by Jeremy Lott