Allen founded the Adam Smith Lecture Series during his 37-year tenure at Boise State.
The 18th-century philosopher Adam Smith is frequently described as the father of capitalism and is well known for praising what he called the market’s “invisible hand.” But he also developed complex ...
In 1926, the 150th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations, British economist Edwin Cannan delivered a lecture titled "Adam Smith as Economist" at the London School of Economics. The lecture was ...
Watch live as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers the Adam Smith Award lecture at the 67th annual meeting of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) in Philadelphia.