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Art Carden

Birmingham
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Econ @SamfordU & wearer of many hats. I Write Things: @AIER, @ForbesOpinion, @EconLog, amzn.to/2UcZHbv. "Mere Economics" released April 2025.
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A Mutual Sympathy of Sentiments

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By Art Carden
| Econlib
In The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith explains that we want to establish a “mutual sympathy of sentiments.” We want people to agree with our views, and we want to agree with their views. Smith first expanded on this idea—that we are constantly searching for ways to cooperate with one another—in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, before he developed his broader theory of a commercial society in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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Book Review: Adam Smith’s Theory of Society

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By Art Carden
| Cato Institute Verified
Vernon Smith received the Nobel Economics Prize in 2002 for his contribution to experimental economics. But his scholarship extends beyond that narrow field. Now 99 years old, he has a new book: Adam Smith’s Theory of Society (ASTS), that explores one of history’s most important works of moral philosophy, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). Reading ASTS, one learns not only about Adam Smith’s theory of society, but Vernon Smith’s, too.
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Commerce and Warehouse Clubs

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By Art Carden
| Econlib
Adam Smith articulated the rhetoric of the Bourgeois Deal by highlighting fundamental differences among commercial, political, and martial societies.
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