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The American Idea: <div>Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250 Years</div>

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Jun 17, 2026

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Summary

Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” was published in 1776, shortly before America’s Declaration of Independence. Smith famously described an “invisible hand” at work behind markets and exchanges, but what did he really mean, and how have so many people misunderstood his many ideas about trade, markets, and free enterprise? Professor Brianne Wolf discusses Smith in […]