Episode 4
Adam Smith’s joy on the success of ‘The Wealth of Nations’ is tempered by news about dear friend David Hume. Read by Robin Laing.
On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, author Jesse Norman explores his life and captures the febrile surroundings of Enlightenment Edinburgh. Considering Smith’s legacy, he dispels the myths and debunks the caricatures that have grown around the economist in the centuries since he first presented his ideas.
Smith’s joy on the positive reception to ‘The Wealth of Nations’ is tempered by news about close friend David Hume.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring
Read by Robin Laing
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie
Jesse Norman is the Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire and Minister of State in the Department for Transport. Previous publications include a celebrated study of Edmund Burke, and his debut novel The Winding Stair, a historical thriller set in the Elizabethan court, was published in the summer.
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