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| Name | The US is a Scottish Enlightenment—and Smithian--Nation |
| Video Uploader | Video From trillfilmllc |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 19-01-2018 19:18:09 |
| Video Discription | When faced with the challenges of how to create and structure a new nation, the Founders turned to the Enlightenment—and Adam Smith--for guidance. In America, the founders—especially Jefferson and Adams--read and admired Adam Smith, and it influenced the open market that they created. A study of American libraries in the revolutionary period found that the holdings of Wealth of Nations was more frequent than similar works by Locke and Rousseau. The Founders were dealing with things like how to structure a government, an economy, the banking system, the church and the military. Smith had a lot to say on all these points. So how does the United States follow Smith’s principles? To find out we got to the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C. In The Wealth of Nations the founders had a groundbreaking book in how to run an economy--and a fine general book on politics. It’s not surprising that the founders would look over to the best work in the Enlightenment, not just to Smith, but to the other great social scientists of the day and be particularly interested in them. We explore how Smith fits extremely well with the vision of the founders, and indeed of the vision of most Americans from that time until our own. We discover that the Constitution is an attempt to implement and integrate into a governmental plan some of the ideas Smith had about what could allow for a prosperous society. Oip-ZO7z7Jw |
| Category | Education |
| Tags | Trillium Productions | Roger Brown | Gaylon Emerzian | Adam Smith | US Constitution | Wealth of NAtions | PBS | Johan Norberg |
