Is trade a promoter of peace? Adam Smith, one of the earliest defenders of trade, worries
that commerce may instigate some perverse incentives, encouraging wars. The wealth that …

Entgegen der gängigen Annahme behaupten zwei der bekanntesten Befürworter des
internationalen Handels und internationaler Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, Adam Smith und …

Abstract· This survey gives an overview of a set of selected articles published between 2016
and 2017 in the major journals that cover the history of economic thought. In surveying the …

Comment les sociétés ont-elles fait face aux fortes augmentations de dette publique? Dans
l'histoire européenne des trois derniers siècles, ces moments ont eu lieu surtout pendant et …

Abstract Adam Smith and David Hume strongly support commercial societies. But both do
not assume that commerce necessarily promotes peace; it might even lead to more wars …

The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare–
all this and more is written in its fiscal history, stripped of all phrases. He who knows how to …

Hume and Smith are considered to be prime examples of public debt pessimists preceding
Ricardo and other classical economists, and influencing public choice theorists like …

What did Adam Smith make of the effect of commercial civilisation on national security,
liberty and warfare? This paper examines Smith's argument on how the civilising force of …

Do Not Take Peace for Granted: Adam Smith's Warning on the Relation Between
Commerce and War Page 1 Trinity University Digital Commons @ Trinity Economics Faculty …