A forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith's works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world. The first volume surveys research, reveiws books and work on Smith including his science of man, Smith's economics as viewed from a modern perspective and his reception in Japan.

"The Adam Smith Review" aims to provide a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith's works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world. This should lead to a better understanding of Adam Smith, surely one of the most often misquoted theorists of all time. The first volume of this important new series will survey recent research, review important books and also contain original work on Adam Smith, including a book history of the Wealth of Nations, Smith's economics as viewed from a modern perspective and an assessment of Smith's projected corpus.

Articles 1. New light on the publication and reception of the Wealth of Nations Richard B. Sher 2. Adam Smith and disequilibrium economic history Takashi Negishi 3. 'Great works upon the anvil' in 1785: Adam Smith's projected corpus of philosophy Ian Simpson Ross 4. A very cautious,or a very polite, Dr Smith?: hedging in the Wealth of Nations Willie Henderson Translation 5. Introduction to Translation Christel Fricke 6. Universalistically approved intersubjective attitudes: Adam Smith Ernst Tugendhat (translated by Bernard Schriebl) Perspectives on recent developments in Adam Smith scholarship 7. Reading Adam Smith in the light of the Classics Gloria Vivenza Symposium on Emma Rothschild's Economic Sentiments 8. Symposium Introduction Ryan Patrick
Hanley, Guest Editor) 9. Equal dignity in Adam Smith Stephen Darwall 10. ...laissez-faire when it was new... Patricia Werhane 11. Smith's ambiguities Samuel
Fleischcker 12. Dignity or meanness Emma Rothschild 13. Suffering and Distance: Morality, Media and Politics Luc Boltanski 14. Dissemination of the Wealth of Nations in France Kenneth E. Carpenter 15. Adam Smith and the Classics Gloria Vivenza 16. Weinstein On Adam Smith Jack Russell