2,211 research outputs found
Adam Smith on public expenditure and taxation
No full textThis paper presents Adam Smith’s view on taxation and public expenditure, by means of an almost literal reading of the Wealth of Nations famous passages on the "duties of the sovereign" and on the "maxims of taxation". Contrarily to the commonest usage of these passages, we will show that their core is the preoccupation with the public expenditure soaring and the defence of decentralisation. Furthermore and also contrarily to the existing interpretations we defend the non-existence of any contradiction between Smith’s income and price theory (and the incidence hypothesis), provided due attention is paid to the guiding role of the "maxims".Adam Smith, taxation, public expenditure
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
Ralph B. Skinner Correspondence
No full textEntries include typed letters of correspondence from the Maine State Library and Skinner\u27s typed acceptance letter to the Maine Author Collection
Testing fossil calibrations for vertebrate molecular trees
No full textLee, M. S. Y. & Skinner, A. (2011). Testing fossil calibrations for vertebrate molecular trees. —Zoologica Scripta,40, 538–543.Michael S. Y. Lee and Adam Skinne
THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ADAM SMITH'S WORK
No full textThe paper will discuss the theological foundation to Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes and divine design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the period after World War II, with the rise of positivism, commentators tended to overlook or downplay this interpretation. In the last decade, or so, teleology has started to be restored to its former position as an essential element in understanding Smith. After spelling out Smith's teleology and his view of final causes, divine design and the ends of nature, we try to explain the Panglossian nature of the 'new theistic view' of Smith. While our view differs somewhat, we agree with the essence of the 'new view' claim: a theological view exists in Smith which underpins his moral and economic theories.Political Economy,
Essays on Adam Smith, edited by Andrew S. Skinner and Thomas Wilson, 1975
No full textCarrive Paulette. Essays on Adam Smith, edited by Andrew S. Skinner and Thomas Wilson, 1975. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°9, 1977. Le sain et le malsain. pp. 439-440
Essays on Adam Smith, edited by Andrew S. Skinner and Thomas Wilson, 1975
No full textCarrive Paulette. Essays on Adam Smith, edited by Andrew S. Skinner and Thomas Wilson, 1975. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°9, 1977. Le sain et le malsain. pp. 439-440
G. W. Skinner Research Bibliography
No full textThis archive contains the original.enl file of the Skinner Lab research bibliography exported from Endnote to .ris format, as well as a Zotero compliant version of the same bibliography .ris format. The bibliography contains more than 11,000 entries. Some duplicated author names, or inconsistencies from the original data entry process have not been corrected. The contents of the bibliography can be browsed directly on the Zotero website: https://www.zotero.org/groups/skinner_mainbib/items The Zotero website features additional references related to Skinner's work published after 2008
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