Craig Smith is a senior lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment at Glasgow University. He talks us through what it was like to study under Adam Smith during his time there. The university's current buildings are not the same as those he taught in 18th century. This campus was built in the 19th century as the university expanded. In the entry hall of the Business School, there stands a marble statue of the man himself.
How did an affable 18th-century “moral philosopher” become the patron saint of cutthroat capitalism? Does “the invisible hand” mean what everyone thinks it does? We travel to Smith’s hometown in Scotland to uncover the man behind the myth. (Part 1 of a series.)