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The foundations of capitalism, explained by the man who defined it. This edition features a custom introduction offering clear biographical insight into Adam Smith’s life and the ideas that shaped the modern world.

Scott Adams was one of the earliest public figures to predict Donald Trump’s election. The mainstream media regarded Trump as a lucky clown, but Adams—best known as “the guy who created Dilbert”—recognized a level of persuasion you only see once in a generation. We’re hardwired to respond to emotion, not reason, and Trump knew exactly which emotional buttons to push.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Adam Smith written and read by Jesse Norman. Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas are, remain fiercely...

In How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, Roberts examines Smith’s forgotten masterpiece, and finds a treasure trove of timeless, practical wisdom. Smith’s insights into human nature are just as relevant today as they were 300 years ago. What does it take to be truly happy? Should we pursue fame and fortune or the respect of our friends and family? How can we make the world a better place?

In this fresh and lively biography rich in literary analysis and new historical detail, Fred Kaplan brings into focus the dramatic life of John Quincy Adams - the little known and much misunderstood sixth president of the United States and the first son of John and Abigail Adams - and persuasively demonstrates how Adams's inspiring, progressive vision guided his life and helped shape the course of America.

From the best-selling author of The Return of the Prodigal Son, essential listening for Catholics, other Christians, and all spiritual seekers. In the final year before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen wrote an account of the death of his friend Adam, a severely handicapped young man from...

Vividly written, The Infidel and the Professor is a compelling account of a great friendship of two towering Enlightenment thinkers that had great consequences for modern thought. David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime, he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy and is now often hailed as the founding father of capitalism.

Originally published in German in 1862 and then translated in 1912 by philosopher and rabbi Meyer Waxman, PhD, this work is considered to be one of the first, if not the first modern proposal for a Jewish homeland in Judea. Written in the form of 12 informal letters to a bereaved lady, the book summarizes arguments pro and against the proposal using quotes and anecdotes involving prominent European social leaders of the time, accompanied by brilliant insights into human nature.

This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition. For years Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and hurricane victims, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society.

Literatur trifft Philosophie. Michael Köhlmeier ist ein großer Erzähler und Konrad Paul Liessmann ein brillanter Philosoph, der auch komplizierte Denkfiguren anschaulich erklären kann. In der Kunst, dem Mythos philosophische Wahrheiten zu entlocken, ergänzen sie sich perfekt. Zu zwölf Schlüsselbegriffen unseres Lebens erzählt Michael Köhlmeier eine Geschichte, inspiriert von antiken Sagen oder Volksmärchen; dazu zeigt Konrad Paul Liessmann in seiner Interpretation, was er aus diesen Geschichten über die Spielregeln und Möglichkeiten unserer Welt herausliest: Antworten auf grundsätzliche Fragen unseres Lebens.

We tell the stories and history of haunted places, ghost encounters, cryptid encounters, the paranormal, preternatural, and every oddity imaginable. And we do it with a comedic twist and don't take anything, including ourselves, too seriously! Join your hosts Adam & Matt in their discussions of these topics and email them your thoughts at GraveYardTalesPodcast@gmail.com We thank you for joining us in the GraveYard!

A compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction that draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.

Money is the most successful hallucination in human history. We eat it, breathe it, kill for it, and die without it—yet no one alive can say with certainty what it actually is. In The Invisible Leash, Boris Kriger pulls at the collar that economics has fastened around our necks and asks the questions polite society would rather avoid. Were we ever truly free before we invented currency? Is Adam Smith's "invisible hand" guiding us toward prosperity—or pushing us off a cliff?

Çocukları düşünmeye, sorgulamaya ve gerçeği aramaya yönelten felsefi hikâyeler anlattığı çocuk kitaplarıyla çok sevilen Anooshirvan Miandji'den bu kez gençler ve büyükler için bir epistemik roman: Aromatik Adam. Her doğru gerçek midir? Çok kişi bir şeye inanırsa, o gerçek olur mu? Bilginin sınırı var mıdır? Bilginin ölçüsü nedir? Bildiğimiz her şey, her şey midir? Doğa ile doğaüstü arasındaki fark nedir? Parlayan her şey ışık mıdır? Pahalı olan her şey değerli midir? Bilinmeyeni bilmek için neden önce bilineni bilmek gerekir? Bu soruların yanıtını merak ediyorsanız, Aromatik Adam romanı dinlemenizi bekliyor.

In his captivating exploration, Joseph Lumpkin invites listeners to explore nine of the best-known Apocalyptic books. These books uncover the hidden depths of ancient Christian and Jewish visions and prophecies of the apocalypse. Through these texts we see what the earliest Christians believed heaven and hell would be and what rewards and punishments were waiting beyond death's door. These books of apocalypse, otherwise known as revelation of the end times allow us to view what was expected in the end times and what waits for us in the end of days.

Dive into the transformative experiences of Henry Adams as a lens through which we examine the evolution of education and societal progress. This podcast invites listeners to reflect on the challenges and triumphs of adapting to a rapidly changing world, highlighting the disconnect between traditional learning and the demands of modern life. Each episode features a new complete audiobook that delves into themes of intellectual growth, personal struggle, and the quest for understanding amidst chaos. This is not a single narrative, but a collection of diverse explorations that encourage critical...

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My name is Adam House and I am a fraud...or at least I feel like one most of the time and it has stopped me from taking the next step in my life. So I have invited people who seem to have it all sorted and ask them if they have ever felt like a fraud

In John Adams vs Thomas Paine: Rival Plans for the Early Republic, historian Jett B. Conner makes the case that Thomas Paine was more than just a revolutionary figure who spurred Americans toward declaring independence. Common Sense made important contributions to American constitutional thought, too, particularly its call for more equal representation, popular sovereignty, a constitutional convention, and a federal system of governance with a strong central government.