• I am an enthusiastic teacher, and I bring my passion for learning in听the classroom.听In my research, I work in the history of economic thought, specializing in the 18th century. My focus is on Adam Smith, David Hume, monetary theories, and the Scottish Enlightenment.

    I analyze how self-interest interacts with other motivational drives, with systematic biases, and with the surrounding institutional environment. I also explore the links between the Scottish Enlightenment and the results from behavioral economics, evolutionary biology, and neuroeconomics.

    I regularly publish in听History of Political Economy听(HOPE),听The Journal of the History of Economic Thought听(JHET), and听History of Economic Ideas听(HEI). I wrote the Routledge Guidebook of Smith's Wealth of Nations (2020).

    The European Society for the History of Economic Thought awarded my HOPE 2008 "The Adam Smith Problem in Reverse: Self-Interest in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, and Theory of Moral Sentiments" the prize of Best Article of Year (2009). I was the book review editor for the Journal of the History of Economic Thought, the vice-president of the History of Economics Society, and i am the current president of the International Adam Smith Society听and the current president of the History of Economics Society.

    • Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University听
    • M.A. in Economics, George Mason University听
    • M.A/B.A in Political Sciences, Universit脿 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

    Journal Articles:

    • 鈥淭he Digression of Silver as the Centerpiece of the听Wealth of Nations鈥澨Cambridge Journal of Economics. 2022. 46.3: 531-544.
    • 鈥淒o Not Take Peace for Granted: Adam Smith鈥檚 Warning on the Relation between听Commerce and War鈥 with Reinhard Schumacher.听Cambridge Journal of Economics. 2019. 43.3: 785-797.
    • 鈥淎dam Smith Anti-Stoic鈥 with Michele Bee.听History of European Ideas. 2019. 2019. 45.4, 572-584.
    • 鈥淲e Are Not The Center of The Universe: The Role of Astronomy in the Development of Morality in Adam Smith.鈥澨History of Political Economy. 2017. 49.3: 451-468.
    • 鈥淏oys Do Cry: Adam Smith on Wealth and Expressing Emotions鈥澨Journal of Scottish Philosophy. 2017. 15.1: 1-8.听听
    • 鈥淒avid Hume on Banking and Hoarding鈥澨Southern Economic Journal. 2014. 80.4: 968-980.

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    Books:

    • The Routledge Guidebook to Adam Smith鈥檚 Wealth of Nations. 2020. Routledge.
    • Adam Smith and Rousseau: Ethics, Politics, and Economics. Co-Editor. With Dennis Rasmussen and Craig Smith. Edinburgh University Press. 2018.
    • Oxford Handbook on Adam Smith. Co-Editor. With Christopher Berry and Craig Smith. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2013.

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    • Principles听of Microeconomics听
    • Principles of Macroeconomics
    • Economic Analysis of the Law听
    • History of Economic Thought听
    • Principles of Macroeconomics听
    • Faculty-led study abroad: The Unique Economic, Geologic, and Cultural History of Iceland
    • First Year Seminar: A Nation of Immigrants
    • Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations