Not many thinkers have been as unlucky in their disciples as Adam Smith. For Smith, economics was a humanistic inquiry grounded in human psychology and history. Law and politics, not the physical sciences, were the subjects to which economics was most closely allied. Believing that markets were not mechanical devices but social institutions, Smith spent his life promoting political economy: a ...

pirate" radio and more are happening in Kirkcaldy on 17 September for International Talk Like a ... Floral treats will be on display at the Fife Flower Show in Dunfermline on 18 and 19 September. The 50th anniversary ...