Adam Smith, the Scottish Enlightenment and Pluralism

We are pleased to announce the second event of the Webinar series in 18th-Century History of Political Economy. In this webinar Dr. Sheila Dow will discuss Adam Smith's approach to political economy in terms of his philosophy against the background of the Scottish enlightenment, drawing out connections with the modern discourse on pluralism

The webinar is open to everyone interested in the topic.
You can join the webinar through the YSI platform or please fill this form that we will send you the zoom link 30 minutes before the webinar.

Sheila Dow is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling, Scotland, Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria, Canada, a member of the Academic Council of INET and a Fellow of the Academy for Social Sciences. Her main academic focus is on raising methodological awareness in the history of economic thought (especially Hume, Smith and Keynes) and the fields of macroeconomics and money and banking. While her career has primarily been in academia, she has held positions with the Bank of England and the Government of Manitoba, and as special advisor on monetary policy to the UK Treasury Select Committee. She has held positions such as Chair of INEM and co-editor of Economic Thought and is currently a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the ISRF. Recent books include Foundations for New Economic Thinking (Palgrave Macmillan 2012), and co-edited volumes The General Theory and Keynes for the 21st Century (Edward Elgar, 2018) and Money, Method and Post-Keynesian Economics for the 21st Century (Edward Elgar, 2018).

For more details, see https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/256439