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A summer of Adam Smith

We paid tribute to Adam Smith with a host of events to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth.

Illustration of Adam Smith

Adam Smith: The giant of economics

At the start of his tercentenary year, we look back at the life of one of UofG’s finest.

Kolkata, India

What would Adam Smith do?

How Adam Smith’s pioneering ideas about inequalities are informing our world-class research today.

Adam Smith's book: A Wealth Of Nations

In our view: the book that changed the world

Adam Smith’s magnum opus and his upcoming tercentenary.

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Who was Adam Smith?

How much do you know about our towering icon of the Scottish Enlightenment?

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