# Adam Smith (@adam-smith)

Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher and political economist whose work examined how moral judgment, institutions, specialization, exchange, and state policy shape commercial society. At Glasgow he taught moral philosophy and developed ideas that became The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations. Reading both works counters the reduction of Smith to a slogan about self-interest.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Adam Smith's public record._

## Topics

- [Moral Sentiments](/@adam-smith/moral-sentiments.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Legacy Beyond Laissez-Faire](/@adam-smith/legacy-beyond-laissez-faire.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Wealth of Nations](/@adam-smith/wealth-of-nations.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Division of Labor and Exchange](/@adam-smith/division-of-labor-and-exchange.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Markets, Power, and Government](/@adam-smith/markets-power-and-government.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/adamsmith300/lifeworkandlegacy/life/
- blog: https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/adamsmith300/lifeworkandlegacy/glasgow/
- blog: https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/adamsmith300/lifeworkandlegacy/keyworks/theoryofmoralsentiments/
- blog: https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/adamsmith300/explorelearn/ideas/keyworks/wealthofnations/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "adam-smith", "question": "…"}`.