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How (Not) to Read Adam Smith
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • March 12, 2026

How (Not) to Read Adam Smith

Adam Smith is too important a thinker to be read through ready-made ideological templates. His work does not belong to any contemporary doctrine in a simple or direct sense, least of all to the kin

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Out of the Ivory Tower: Teaching Economics for Real Economies
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • October 1, 2025

Out of the Ivory Tower: Teaching Economics for Real Economies

It must be the beginning of the new university year that makes us — once again — think long and hard about our profession, its meaning and what, as economics educators and professionals, we are

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