Jesse Norman

Praise for Adam Smith

This splendid book not only presents an excellent introduction to the life and ideas of Adam Smith, but also explains why - and how - Smith's insights can help us solve some of the most difficult social and economic ...

Amartya Sen

Masterly ... amid the superficiality and hysterics of modern British politics, an admirably thoughtful brain is lurking

Edward Lucas, The Times

An important work of revisionist biography with a direct and important impact on the intellectual underpinnings of liberal free-market thought

Oliver Letwin, Telegraph

This splendid book not only presents an excellent introduction to the life and ideas of Adam Smith, but also explains why - and how - Smith's insights can help us solve some of the most difficult social and economic ...

Amartya Sen

Masterly ... amid the superficiality and hysterics of modern British politics, an admirably thoughtful brain is lurking

Edward Lucas, The Times

An important work of revisionist biography with a direct and important impact on the intellectual underpinnings of liberal free-market thought

Oliver Letwin, Telegraph

This splendid book not only presents an excellent introduction to the life and ideas of Adam Smith, but also explains why - and how - Smith's insights can help us solve some of the most difficult social and economic ...

Amartya Sen

Masterly ... amid the superficiality and hysterics of modern British politics, an admirably thoughtful brain is lurking

Edward Lucas, The Times

An important work of revisionist biography with a direct and important impact on the intellectual underpinnings of liberal free-market thought

Oliver Letwin, Telegraph