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DESCRIPTION: How to think like Adam Smith: Reflections on the ‘father of 
 economics’ for a disjunctive present \n\n  As notionally the 'father of 
 modern economics' and a key figure in the social sciences and philosophy m
 ore generally\, Adam Smith and his works have been often looked to for ans
 wers on pressing social and economic questions\, or as guides to justify p
 ublic policy.\nHe has and continues to be an icon of capitalism the world 
 over. Hence\, a common refrain is\, what would Adam Smith think? Or\, at l
 east\, that is a question I receive frequently from visitors to Panmure Ho
 use. Attempting to ascertain what Adam Smith would think about any range o
 f topics in today's world is\, however\, impossible. He lived and wrote in
  a time that was pre-capitalist\, pre-industrial and pre-democratic. As su
 ch\, he may have very different views of the world we live in today\, the 
 problems we face\, the choices we have made\, and the choices we should ma
 ke. Although it is impossible to say what Adam Smith would think\, we can 
 approximate how he would think. Such an exercise is still fraught with int
 erpretive challenges\, as how Adam Smith would think\, that is his method\
 , is also debatable. Yet\, asking how Adam Smith would think is an exercis
 e less liable to the presentism of asking what Adam Smith would think. In 
 this lecture I make the case for approaching Adam Smith in this manner. By
  way of example\, I apply this logic to three contemporary topics: the inc
 rease of state intervention\; the challenges of climate change\; and the g
 rowth of AI. \n\n Adam D. Dixon holds the Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable 
 Capitalism at Adam Smith’s Panmure House\, the last and final home of mo
 ral philosopher and father of economics Adam Smith. Professor Dixon is rec
 ognized as a world-leading scholar on the political economy of sovereign w
 ealth funds\, theories of state capitalism\, and the intersection of marke
 ts and the state in the sustainability transition. His books include\, The
  New Frontier Investors: How Pension Funds\, Sovereign Funds\, and Endowme
 nts are Changing the Business of Investment Management and Long-Term Inves
 ting (Palgrave Macmillan 2016)\, The New Geography of Capitalism: Firms\, 
 Finance\, and Society (Oxford University Press 2014) and Sovereign Wealth 
 Funds: Legitimacy\, Governance\, and Global Power (Princeton University Pr
 ess\, 2013). Trained as an economic geographer and political economist in 
 the United States\, Spain\, France\, and the United Kingdom\, Adam brings 
 an interdisciplinary perspective to this work. Previously\, Adam worked at
  the University of Bristol and Maastricht University in the Netherlands\, 
 where he led a large European Research Council project on sovereign wealth
  funds. He holds a D.Phil. in economic geography from the University of Ox
 ford\, a Diplôme (Master) de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris\
 , and a BA in international affairs and Spanish literature from The George
  Washington University in Washington\, DC. \n
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LOCATION:Room 3.34\, 3rd Floor\, Trinity Business School\, Dublin
ORGANIZER:mailto:TBS.Research@tcd.ie
SUMMARY:Business Ethics speaker series: Professor Adam Dixon
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