Adam Smith

Related to my lower post on Sowell and Williams, here now is the source of their thinking, at least one of the more important ones.

Veronique at The Corner links to these podcasts by Daniel Klein on Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments. I hope to find them a good introduction to Smith, to what I was told was the beginning point for understanding his major work, The Wealth of Nations, the seminal work behind the development of what Marx called capitalism, or free market economy.

1. Theory of Moral Sentiment, an overview
2. Theory of Moral Sentiment, Discussion of Part 1
3. Theory of Moral Sentiment, Discussion of Part 2
   
4. Theory of Moral Sentiment, Discussion of Part 3

Says Veronique:

Remarkably, Roberts and Klein managed to underline the intellectual importance of Smith and his relevance in today’s world where the free-market is accused of being the cause of all our problems, . . . .