Adam Smith alphas

Adam Smith alphasA dazzlingly original, "remarkable" account of the life and thought of legendary economist Adam Smith (Financial Times). Adam Smith (1723 1790) is now widely regarded as the greatest economist of all time. But what he really thought, and the implications of his ideas, remain fiercely contested. Was he an eloquent advocate of capitalism and individual freedom? A prime mover of "market fundamentalism"? An apologist for human selfishness? Or something

and deeply moving

as well as America's role as an "imperial republic" during and after World War II

the eccentric master of macabre nonsense

a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan

and business models championed by tech's empathy-impaired power brokers have shattered the social contract that once existed between companies and their employees

Doyle writes with a delightful sense of wonder about the sanctity of everyday things

graduations

By realizing that your value lies in who God says you are and not in what you do

No motives

who was a high voltage linesman just like her husband

A potent exploration of a divisive and important subject

Who -- if anyone -- will survive when their paths finally cross