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John Philip Trinkaus to Adam Curtis, 1979
No full textLetter to Curtis about Michael Abercrombie's death.Handwritten letter2-pagesCorrespondenc
John Philip Trinkaus to Adam Curtis, November 27, 1979
No full textLetter to Curtis about the Abercrombie memorial volume.Typed letter1-pageCorrespondenc
John Philip Trinkaus to Adam Curtis, February 28, 1979
No full textLetter to Curtis about the Gordon Conference.Typed letter1-pageCorrespondenc
John Philip Trinkaus to Adam Curtis, June 25, 1979
No full textLetter to Curtis about Michael Abercrombie's death.Handwritten letter2-pagesCorrespondenc
John Philip Trinkaus to Adam Curtis, August 23, 1978
No full textLetter to Curtis about the symposium planned for Michael Abercrombie.Typed letter1-pageCorrespondenc
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,
John Philip Trinkaus to Ruth Bellairs, Adam Curtis, and Graham Dunn, October 17, 1979
No full textLetter to Bellairs, Curtis, and Dunn about the Abercrombie memorial volume.Typed letter1-pageCorrespondenc
John Philip Trinkaus to Ruth Bellairs, Graham Dunn, and Adam Curtis, 1978
No full textLetter to Bellairs, Curtis, and Dunn about planning for Michael Abercrombie's Festschrift.Typed letter2-pagesCorrespondenc
Alice, Catherine and Eddie Curtis and Adam and Agnes Clough
No full textLeft to right: Alice Curtis, Catherine Curtis, Eddie Curtis, Adam Clough, Agnes Clough
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
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