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The 59 pages that link to Adam Smith, each with the reason it gives.

• Karl MarxRelated: Marx critically engaged with Smith’s account of political economy.

• CapitalismRelated: Smith's account of markets and division of labor became a lasting interpretation of commercial society.

• Human capitalRelated: Smith included acquired abilities among the components of a nation's productive wealth.

• Economic growthRelated: His account of division of labor linked specialization and expanding markets to rising productive capacity.

• Division of laborRelated: His account of the pin factory made task specialization a landmark explanation of productivity.

• Free tradeRelated: His critique of mercantilism helped make open exchange a central economic argument.

• Laissez-faireRelated: Smith's account of markets became a lasting foundation for arguments favoring limited economic direction.

• Edmund BurkeRelated: Burke shared Smith’s interest in how social order develops through human practices rather than design alone.

• MercantilismRelated: Smith’s critique of mercantile restrictions became a landmark challenge to the doctrine.

• Political economyRelated: His analysis of markets and public institutions helped establish classical political economy.

• Comparative advantageRelated: His argument for free trade emphasized absolute cost differences, setting up a question Ricardo later answered.

• Classical economicsBroader topic: His account of division of labor and market coordination helped establish classical political economy.

• EdinburghRelated: Smith studied and taught in Edinburgh and joined its intellectual circles.

• David RicardoRelated: Ricardo developed and challenged Smith’s ideas about value, distribution, and economic growth.

• Scottish EnlightenmentRelated: He connected moral psychology with an influential analysis of commercial society.

• Classical liberalismRelated: His account of commercial society shaped classical liberal arguments for free exchange.

• Labor theory of valueRelated: Smith gave labor a central role in explaining exchange and the measure of value.

• Market economyRelated: His account of self-interest and exchange became closely associated with market coordination.

• Capital accumulationRelated: Smith connected saving and investment with expanding productive capacity and division of labor.

• Progressive taxationRelated: His canons of taxation include the principle that contributions should reflect ability to pay.

• BarterRelated: Smith popularized a historical account in which barter’s limits encourage the invention of money.

• ScotlandRelated: His work connects Scotland’s intellectual history with the Scottish Enlightenment.

• Herbert SpencerRelated: Spencer connected social order with voluntary cooperation and limited state direction.

• SentimentalismRelated: His account of sympathy offers a major philosophical context for sentimental literature.

• The Wealth of NationsBroader topic: Smith developed the book’s account of markets, production, taxation, and public duties.

• Price mechanismRelated: His account of self-interest and exchange helped establish a framework for decentralized coordination.

• Economic liberalismRelated: Smith's account of specialization and exchange became a lasting foundation for economic liberal thought.

• MoneyRelated: Smith gave the influential account of money emerging from difficulties in direct exchange.

• University of GlasgowRelated: Smith studied and later taught moral philosophy at Glasgow.

• Occupational licensingRelated: Smith criticized professional groups when legal privileges restricted entry and competition.

• Edward GibbonRelated: Smith and Gibbon belonged to overlapping Enlightenment circles and shared an interest in social development.

• Francis HutchesonRelated: Smith studied under Hutcheson and developed a different account of moral judgment.

• SympathyRelated: In The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith explained moral judgment through fellow-feeling with others.

• Friedrich ListCompared with: List criticized Smithian free-trade theory for neglecting national development and productive capacity.

• Value TheoryRelated: Smith distinguished practical usefulness from exchange value and examined prices and production.

• Free marketRelated: His account of specialization and exchange became central to arguments for market coordination.

• Invisible handBroader topic: Smith gave the metaphor its best-known economic formulation.

• The Theory of Moral SentimentsBroader topic: Smith developed the book’s account of sympathy, virtue, and social judgment.

• History of Economic ThoughtBroader topic: His Wealth of Nations became a foundational text of classical political economy.

• Adam FergusonRelated: Smith and Ferguson shared intellectual settings but differed over commerce and civic life.

• William PlayfairRelated: Playfair’s economic charts addressed subjects central to the political economy Smith helped shape.

• 18th centuryRelated: His work shaped debates about commerce and the emerging industrial economy.

• François QuesnayRelated: Smith met French Physiocrats and discussed Quesnay’s work, while rejecting agriculture’s exclusive claim to productive value.

• Jean-Baptiste SayRelated: Say helped introduce Smith’s political economy to French readers.

• Bernard MandevilleRelated: Smith engaged with Mandeville while developing a less stark account of self-interest and social order.

• James MirrleesRelated: Mirrlees’s scholarly interests included Smith’s analysis of political economy and moral philosophy.

• Late modern periodRelated: His account of markets became influential as industrial capitalism expanded.

• Niall FergusonRelated: Ferguson draws on Smith’s account of commerce and institutions when discussing economic growth.

• Richard CantillonRelated: Smith’s analysis of markets and economic coordination followed a generation influenced by Cantillon.

• Das KapitalRelated: Marx engages critically with classical political economy, including Smith’s account of value and labor.