The continuing relevance of Adam Smith
In order to encourage young scholars interested in the history of political economy and philosophy to engage with the work of the Scottish Enlightenment moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith,…
The Colloque Walter Lippmann
The famous Colloque Walter Lippmann, held in Paris in 1938, was a major meeting of international interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the history, current issues and future of liberalism. It is usually…
The Dispute on Method
As one of the archetypal disputes in the social sciences, the famous “Methodenstreit” (the dispute on method) in German economics which unfolded during the 1880s has received substantial attention from…
Adam Smith @ 300
In recent decades, a new generation of scholars from various disciplines has found fresh, angles from which to interpret and work with the thought of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam…
The Future of Liberal Democracy
The current challenge for liberal democrats is to walk the tight rope between two types of populism: while the populists in the street claim that truth is manifest to common…