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The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith · 1776
Mentioned 37 times across 21 podcasts · 2018–2026
Mention timeline37 mentions
20182026
Where it's mentioned
2026
#1328 Jon Wisman - Why We Must Work: Economic Freedom, Fulfilling Work, and Workplace Democracy
The Dissenter · Nov 2026 · 28:22
“interestingly that example that adam smith makes of the pen factory in the very beginning of the wealth of nations published in seventeen seventysix ”
Inside Ryan Holiday’s $250K Reading List
The Daily Stoic · Oct 2026 · 6:32
“maybe in your mba you're reading adam smith wealth of nations ”
Is it bad to want to be rich?
The Gray Area with Sean Illing · Oct 2026 · 38:36
“adam smith wrote this book called the wealth of nations in seventeen seventy six ”
The Death of Reading (with James Marriott)
EconTalk · Sep 2026 · 30:37
“adam smith's a good example you can read adam smith with with profit either his the wealth of nations or the theory of moral sentiments ”
How to brace for a world of unheard-of conditions
Ideas · Aug 2026 · 18:02
“adam smith who was scottish for the record author of the wealth of nations and typically called the first economist ”
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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Jul 2026 · 12:48
“goes back to adam smith and so on as a mechanism in this view of the wealth of nations ”
The Lost Art of Asking Questions
The Next Big Idea · Jul 2026 · 50:16
“where we are reading adam smith's wealth of nations in chunks ”
How to Think Clearly About a World in Crisis: Iran, China, Russia, and the West's Economic Pessimism
The Michael Shermer Show · Jul 2026 · 15:05
“adam smith writes this book in seventeen seventy six the wealth of nations on the origin of causes of the wealth of nations ”
The Good Fight Club: Refounding Liberalism, Gen Z’s Political Instincts, and a Watergate Ghost Story
The Good Fight · Jul 2026 · 19:51
“adam smith didn't think wealth of nations was his most important book ”
Can a Phone Be a Cow? (with Philip Auerswald)
EconTalk · Jun 2026 · 42:34
“magnificent and court of nations book four ”
The Billionaire Age Pt 3 | How oligarchs are taking over the world
Ideas · Jun 2026 · 8:40
“and there's a quite amazing passage in the wealth of nations where he says what does it take to be respectable in england right now ”
Death of the Middle Class: Billionaire vs Entrepreneur DEBATE - Daniel Priestley v Nick Hanauer
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Jun 2026 · 19:28
“even adam smith in the in in the wealth of nations uh outlined this asymmetry of power ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
Gary Gerstle on The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
Radical Candor: Communication at Work · May 2026 · 4:05
“it's the 250th anniversary called called the wealth of nations same year as the declaration of independence ”
Indian Indentured Labour
In Our Time · May 2026 · 16:35
“and then in wealth of nation he said that unfree labor was inefficient because workers just did not have the incentive to work more ”
Steven Johnson - The Infernal Machine
Radical Candor: Communication at Work · May 2026 · 17:11
“i tried to reread the wealth of nations it was so boring i couldn't get through it ”
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Freakonomics Radio · May 2026 · 0:12
“the composer david lang debuted a modern piece of music set to a 250yearold book adam smith's the wealth of nations ”
Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)
Freakonomics Radio · May 2026 · 0:12
“inspired by the book wealth of nations by adam smith ”
The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism
The Ezra Klein Show · May 2026 · 25:46
“and you can see this in adam smith's wealth of nations which is really funny ”
673. What Is Money?
Freakonomics Radio · May 2026 · 0:30
“it is a book published in 1776 by the scotsman adam smith who is widely seen as the father of modern economics and some people consider the wealth of nations a sacred text of capitalism ”
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Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2026 · 59:17
“a new david lang piece that's drawn from adam smith's the wealth of nations ”
Adam Smith's Warning About Wealth, Fame, and Status (with Ross Levine)
EconTalk · Apr 2026 · 1:07
“yesterday march 9th was the 250th anniversary of the publication of the wealth of nations ”
Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent
Conversations with Tyler · Apr 2026 · 17:43
“ancient rome had no adam smith right nothing remotely close to him ”
Pierre Poilievre, The Next Prime Minister of Canada?: The Economy Is About To Collapse!
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Apr 2026 · 31:47
“this is this really this book has to be accompanied by its more famous sister book which is the wealth of nations which that's the book that most people know adam smith for ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 10s
Ep. 398: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (w/ Arthur Brooks)
Deep Questions with Cal Newport · Mar 2026 · 8:30
“adam smith when he was writing the wealth of nations he went out and walked around factories and talked to workers ”
The Economics of Scarcity and the UNC-Duke Basketball Game (with Michael Munger)
EconTalk · Mar 2026 · 12:28
“adam smith in book one chapter five of the wealth of nations famously said the real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it ”
DOGE, Government Fraud, and AI Audits
The Michael Shermer Show · Mar 2026 · 32:25
“and then we read adam smith the constitution the bill of rights and what is freedom through the american framework ”
Adrian Wooldridge on the Lost Genius of the Political Center
The Good Fight · Mar 2026 · 8:12
“let's say at the about the time of adam smith's the the wealth of nations ”
2025
#808: Stephen West — From High School Dropout to Hit Podcast, and from Stocking Groceries to Reading Philosophy for a Living
The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2025 · 67:34
“adam smith scottish enlightenment wrote the wealth of nations ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2023
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The Knowledge Project · Dec 2023 · 85:24
“adam smith in the wealth of nations when he talks about free markets ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
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The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2023 · 50:37
“adam smith authored the wealth of nations which was to capitalist economics what newton's book was to physics ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success
The Knowledge Project · Aug 2023 · 33:47
“adam smith wrote wealth of nations the same year seventeen seventy six that the that the america became a nation right ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
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The Knowledge Project · Jul 2023 · 76:28
“you can go read adam smith and the wealth of nations ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
2022
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, the business world’s role in democracy, Crypto’s future, & more
Masters of Scale · Jul 2022 · 5:28
“everyone always forgets in the adam smith is not just the wealth of nations but the theory of moral sentiments ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
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The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 2022 · 132:13
“and that is wealth of nations by adam smith which i know you're a fan of ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2019
#95 Claude Shannon
Founders · Oct 2019 · 51:24
“they read adam smith's the wealth of nations and studied von newman's and oscar morgenson's work on game theory ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
2018
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The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2018 · 13:29
“whether the book was the little prince or it was something like the wealth of nations ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Jun 2018 · 73:42
“where i could read adam smith's book in the original text or i could go and play crosswords or i could learn about genetics from my really smart biology friend ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 9s