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From “dull” to “cheerful”: the relevance of Adam Smith for today by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Purpose Is there a secret recipe for economic growth? Design/methodology/approach No, there is no recipe, but we can extrapolate some pieces of advice from…”
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The causal effect of market priming on trust: an experimental investigation using randomized control by Al-Ubaydli, Omar, Houser, Daniel, Nye, John, Paganelli, Maria Pia, Pan, Xiaofei Sophia

“…We report data from laboratory experiments where participants were primed using phrases related to markets and trade. Participants then participated in trust…”
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Adam Smith’s Digression on Silver: the centrepiece of the Wealth of Nations by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Abstract I suggest that Adam Smith’s ‘Digression on Silver’ should be read as his most powerful argument against mercantilism in the Wealth of Nations. For…”
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Do not take peace for granted: Adam Smith's warning on the relation between commerce and war by Paganelli, Maria Pia, Schumacher, Reinhard

“…Abstract Is trade a promoter of peace? Adam Smith, one of the earliest defenders of trade, worries that commerce may instigate some perverse incentives,…”
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Diamonds are not forever: Adam Smith and Carl Menger on value and relative status by Hurtado, Jimena, Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…The differences on value between Smith and Menger may be other from previously alleged if status is included as a need satisfied only by truly scarce goods…”
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The utopian dimension in the philosophy of social betterment in Adam Smith by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Abstract Adam Smith does not focus on the creation of an ideal world, but on the understanding that societal changes for the better are an unintentional…”
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Adam Smith on the future of experimental evolution and economics by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Experimental evolution is difficult to apply to humans because of the need to study possible changes over many generations. A similar method, though, may see…”
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Markets and Morality: Complements or Substitutes? by Paganelli, Maria Pia

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Adam Smith, Anti-Stoic by Bee, Michele, Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Commerce changes the production of wealth in a society as well as its ethics. What is appropriate in a non-commercial society is not necessarily appropriate in…”
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Markets and Morality: Complements or Substitutes? by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Paganelli determines whether markets corrupt our morals. She argues that the problem lies in the interpretation of who constitutes "our". Markets do corrupt a…”
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Sheila Bransfield, The Man Who Discovered Antarctica: Edward Bransfield Explained. The first man to find and chart the Antarctic mainland (Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2019) by Paganelli, Maria Pia

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The vigorous and doux soldier: David Hume's military defence of commerce by Paganelli, Maria Pia, Schumacher, Reinhard

“…If war is an inevitable condition of human nature, as David Hume suggests, then what type of societies can best protect us from defeat and conquest? For David…”
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David Hume on Banking and Hoarding by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…David Hume opposes banks and favors hoarding. The only bank he reluctantly approves of is a public, 100% reserve bank. Other banks increase money supply and…”
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John V.H. Dippel, To the Ends of the Earth: The Truth behind the Glory of Polar Exploration (New York: Prometheus Books, 2018) by Paganelli, Maria Pia

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240 years of The Wealth of Nations by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Why should we read a book printed 240 years ago? The book is old. Our circumstances and institutions are different. Its examples are dated. Its policies are…”
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Gina Dahl, Libraries and Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Norway and the Outer World (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2014) by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Book review of: Gina Dahl, Libraries and Enlightenment: Eighteenth-Century Norway and the Outer World (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2014)…”
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The same face of the two Smiths: Adam Smith and Vernon Smith by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…► Moral imagination and praiseworthiness may explain how we go from personal to impersonal exchange. ► Adam Smith explains the functioning of moral imagination…”
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David Emmanuel Singh (ed.), Jesus and the Resurrection: Reflections of Christians from Islamic Contexts (Oxford: Regnum Studies in Global Christianity, 2014) by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…Jesus and the Resurrection is part of a trilogy of books about Christian thought about the relationship between Christianity and Islam from the point of view…”
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Donald W. Jones, Economic Theory and the Ancient Mediterranean (Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2014) by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…This almost 600-page volume is not beach or bedtime reading. It is a majestic manual on economics. It is a sophisticated textbook-like volume covering…”
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DAVID HUME ON PUBLIC CREDIT by Paganelli, Maria Pia

“…In his essay Of Public Credit, David Hume argues against the institutionalization of public credit. Contrary to what is commonly believed, I claim Hume's…”
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