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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.
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 and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
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,
P Werhane, Adam Smith's Legacy for Modern Capitalism
No full textFirst, the book does not have an original thesis. The thesisthe author wants to argue is that Smith is different from his current caricature, a legacy of his nineteenth-century image, according to which he would argue that: i) man is a maximizer of utility; ii) man is ordinarily moved by a narrow selfish interest, or at least is indifferent to the interests of others; iii) human beings are social atoms; iv) a perfectly competitive market is morally a free zone (pp. 4-5). The author recognizes that these interpretations "are being questioned by many scholars". contemporary", however, reiterates his conviction that these interpretations are still prevalent, and cites in this regard the abuse of the name of Smith by the Chicago school (p.6). If the author's aim is to challenge a caricature, still common among non-experts but no longer shared by Smith's scholars, one may wonder whether this justifies a new book. Secondly, the author does not demonstrate mastery of the state of the art. She wants to demonstrate the non-existence of Adam Smith Problem, not only without any direct knowledge of German literature but ignoring an important article by Heilbroner from 1981 and a fundamental essay by Dickey from 1986 that explicitly advocate an exhumation of the "Adam Smith problem" in a new form. Thirdly, the author lacks the ability to understand concepts and problems in contextual terms: where she mentions Adam Smith's 'Newtonianism' she does not prove to be familiar with the literature on the subject, citing Lindgren as the only authority and ignoring, among others, Moscovici, Skinner, Hetherington and Freudenthal, but also seems to understand by Newtonianism an equivalent of deterministic and materialistic mechanicism (pp. 48-51). Besides, every time she uses the term utilitarianism he confuses it with the terms hedonism, economicism, selfishness (p. 155)
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Book of Adam, Gospel of Eve
No full textBook of Adam, Gospel of Eve reimagines the story of the Garden of Eden. It is told in part from the perspective of Adam, who knows nothing of the world outside the walls of the garden, and in part from the perspective of Eve, who lived in the city of Eden for two decades prior to her confinement in the garden.
The ‘author’ witnessed the deaths of Adam and Eve in the final days of the garden and remains alive today. Both stories are written in the third person, and the author, Ye, excerpts additional archaic sources to complete and enrich both books that make up this text.
To Adam and Eve, as well as the author, the god of Eden was a man until he contracted a beneficial contagion that gave him immortal life. The god, Etana, is complicated—capable of giving others the gift of eternal life through baptism, but equally willing to kill indiscriminately. Etana and all who are baptized become sanguivorous, and the centrality of blood in the world of the baptized gives the text its core motif and explains many of the miracles in the holy texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Lucifer, the grandson of Etana, baptizes Eve and then Adam before he tempts both of them with the one forbidden substance in the garden. The seven Seraphim assist Etana and oversee the garden, while the Dominion, a lesser rank of angels, maintains the garden’s perfection.
Though Ye’s Book of Adam, Gospel of Eve is aware of its context in a broader world, it focuses on and gives life to a story that is both familiar and sparse.
This thesis includes the first twenty-two pages of Gospel of Eve and the first forty-three pages of Book of Adam. Each is expected to be between thirty-five and forty- five thousand words in length when completed
Two-Year Outcomes of the Enabling Mothers to Prevent Pediatric Obesity Through Web-Based Education and Reciprocal Determinism (EMPOWER) Randomized Control Trial
No full text Background. Childhood overweight and obesity is a public health epidemic with far-reaching medical, economic, and quality of life consequences. Brief, web-based interventions have received increased attention for their potential to combat childhood obesity. The purpose of our study was to evaluate a web-based, maternal-facilitated childhood obesity prevention intervention dubbed Enabling Mothers to Prevent Pediatric Obesity Through Web-Based Education and Reciprocal Determinism (EMPOWER), for its capacity to elicit sustained effects at the 2-year postintervention follow-up mark. Method. Two interventions were evaluated using a randomized controlled trial design. The experimental, EMPOWER arm received a social cognitive theory intervention ( n = 29) designed to improve four maternal-facilitated behaviors in children (fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, sugar-free beverage intake, screen time). The active control arm received a knowledge-based intervention dubbed Healthy Lifestyles ( n = 28), which also targeted the same four behaviors. Results. We identified a significant group-by-time interaction of small effect size for child fruit and vegetable consumption ( p = .033; Cohen’s f = 0.139) in the EMPOWER group. The construct of maternal-facilitated environment was positively associated to improvements in child fruit and vegetable behavior. We also found significant main effects for child physical activity ( p = .024; Cohen’s f = 0.124); sugar-free beverage intake ( p < .001; Cohen’s f = 0.321); and screen time ( p < .001; Cohen’s f = 0.303), suggesting both groups improved in these behaviors over time. Conclusions. The EMPOWER arm of the trial resulted in an overall increase of 1.680 daily cups of fruits and vegetables consumed by children, relative to the comparison group ( p < .001, 95% confidence interval = [1.113, 2.248]). Web-based maternal-facilitated interventions can induce sustained effects on child behaviors. </jats:p
Theory of Planned Behavior Based Predictors of Sleep Intentions and Behaviors in Undergraduate College Students at a Midwestern University
No full textQuartets, flute, violin, viola, cello (Hodgson)
No full textEngraved: "Engrav'd by P. Hodgson, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden." --- For flute, violin, viola, violoncello, and 2 horns. --- Manuscript notations: "Hampden", on upper right corner of each title page; part designation at head of each title page (excepting flute part); Roman numerals "VI", "VII", "VIII", and "XXI" on title pages of violoncello, viola, flute, and violin parts, respectively; at foot flute, and violin parts, an apparent name and addess (previous owner?), partially trimmed in binding; at foot of flute parts, p. 1. "Adam Kroll" (possibly signature of the author?
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