Adam Smith: Theory and Policy

Andrew S. Skinner ()
Additional contact information
Andrew S. Skinner: Adam Smith Professor Emeritus in the University of Glasgow’s

Chapter Chapter 6 in Handbook of the History of Economic Thought, 2012, pp 161-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Adam Smith was appointed to the Chair of Logic in Glasgow University in 1751. He was translated to the Chair of Moral Philosophy in 1752 and held this post until he retired from academic life in 1764. During this period Smith took an active part in the administration of the University and also taught extensively, even by modern standards. On Mondays to Fridays he lectured to the public or graduating class from 7.30 to 8.30 a.m. and met the same class again at 11 o’clock in order to “examine” the students on the topics of the first address. He also lectured on the “private” class at 12 noon, 3 days a week.

Keywords: Moral Sentiment; Modern Standard; Modern Reader; Natural Liberty; Trade Retaliation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:euhchp:978-1-4419-8336-7_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9781441983367

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8336-7_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().