Tag: Adam

Adam Smith is most often associated with his notion of an invisible hand guiding individuals’ selfish motives and decisions towards mutual benefits through market forces. As such he has been associated with free market capitalism by its proponents and its critics. However,...

Must capitalism be justified with secular myths, and if so, have the myths changed from the early to the later modern periods? This question amounts to asking what the difference is between classical liberals like Adam Smith, John Locke, and John Stuart Mill, and neoliberals such as Friedrich Hay...

Ever wonder why I trust the market? It’s a simple question, but it’s one that has been debated by economists and philosophers for centuries. The market is a complex system, and it’s not perfect. But at its core, it’s based on a simple principle: voluntary exchange. People ...

Adam Riches is a British contemporary artist hailing from Suffolk, whose work examines the human condition through monochromatic portrait drawings primarily done in ballpoint pen. His practice is concerned with the investigation of the human form, and how the manipulation of such f...

Filmmakers have really dropped the Matzo Ball on representing Jews on screen. Quick, let’s play a game. Can you think of an influential or iconic Jewish movie? I’m gonna pause to say Fiddler On The Roof is too iconic. And please, don’t make it a Holocaust movie....

When I was in my first year as an undergraduate at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, I took an introductory Canadian history course (which I aced — I got the only A+ I ever received for an overall subject in school in that class). I was speaking in the class’s auditorium one day, as...

Oh my goodness, what a fantastic read. I don’t see a lot of (good) books about Jewish culture and folklore, and this was super refreshing. It is also a very good satire and commentary on the social issues going on for the last however many years. As a Jew, I can relate to a lot of this book. ...

The story of Adam and Eve is a central story shared by the world's three major monotheistic religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Although the main elements of the story remain constant in this belief, there are variations in interpretation and shifts in focus. Let's explore the conce...

We have become increasingly obsessed in economics and in medicine and in public policy with what can be measured. Evidence-based is always better it would seem, than going with our gut or worse, a wild guess that springs from our biases. This passion for evidence is not new. Carved in stone, on t...