with James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew: Deep Dive
March 31, 2022
"Das Adam Smith problem," Smith's influences, his friendship and disagreements with David Hume, his dying wish for the destructions of his unfinished works, and his "labor theory of value" all get discussed in this episode of The Great Antidote. Host Juliette Sellgren invites Dr. James R. Otteson to draw on his research on Smith to answer her questions.
"Das Adam Smith problem," Smith's influences, his friendship and disagreements with David Hume, his dying wish for the destructions of his unfinished works, and his "labor theory of value" all get discussed in this episode of The Great Antidote. Host Juliette Sellgren invites Dr. James R. Otteson to draw on his research on Smith to answer her questions.
In this episode of The Great Antidote, guest Dr. James R. Otteson and host Juliette Sellgren discuss what Adam Smith knew and what we can still learn from him. Otteson is a business ethics professor at Notre Dame University and the author of many books about Adam Smith. You'll also find out, as always, the one thing Otteson thinks young people today should know and something he's changed his mind about.
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The Great Antidote: James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew | Adam Smith Works
The Great Antidote: James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew | Adam Smith Works
The guest: James R. Otteson
- Personal website, Notre Dame Business Mendoza College of Business profile
- Videos/Podcasts – James R. Otteson, PhD (jamesotteson.com)
- Tweeting at @jroii
- Books about Adam Smith by Otteson
"The Essential Adam Smith", Fraser Institute, 2018
"What Adam Smith Knew", Encounter, 2014
"Adam Smith", Bloomsbury, 2013
"Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life", Cambridge University Press, 2002
Related Great Antidote podcasts
Other Liberty Fund content by James Otteson
Related Liberty Fund content
- Otteson on Adam Smith - Econlib (econtalk.org)
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Will the Real Adam Smith please stand up? an EconTalk episode with James Otteson and Vernon Smith
People mentioned
- Adam Smith: Adam Smith | Online Library of Liberty (libertyfund.org)
- Francis Hutcheson: Francis Hutcheson | Online Library of Liberty (libertyfund.org)
- David Hume: David Hume | Online Library of Liberty (libertyfund.org)
Additional resources on topics mentioned
The Adam Smith Problem (das Adam Smith problem)
Humor and laughter in the Theory of Moral Sentiments (Chapter III)
The (Tragic) Life of David Hume
Smith and Hume’s disagreements
Adam Smith on Religion | Adam Smith Works
Adam Smith in Theological Perspective | Adam Smith Works
The (Tragic) Life of David Hume
Smith and Hume’s disagreements
Adam Smith on Religion | Adam Smith Works
Adam Smith in Theological Perspective | Adam Smith Works
Smith’s Labor Theory of Value
Adam Smith on the Labor Theory of Value | Adam Smith Works
Adam Smith on the Labor Theory of Value | Adam Smith Works
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Resources compiled by Christy Lynn