Calendar Alert for The Real Adam Smith Screening in Chicago - Monday, May 16th

 CALENDAR ALERT 

WHEN: Monday, May 16, 2016 | 6:30 p.m.

WHAT: Screening of the new public television documentary:  
The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg
How relevant can an 18th century moral philosopher and economist be in today’s world? If the man is Adam Smith, “the father of modern economics,” the answer is: very.  Just ask eBay, Whole Foods, Airbus and many other companies that have built businesses based on Smith’s ideas.
Those ideas, and the man behind them, are the subject of a new two-part documentary that will be airing on WTTW on July 7 (part 1) and July 14 (part 2) at 8:00 p.m.

Screening (30 minutes) is followed by discussion and Q&A with the film’s Executive Producer Bob Chitester, Director Jim Taylor, Executive Editor and Host Johan Norberg and Adam Smith Society Senior Director Alison Mangerio.

WHERE: International House | 1414 E 59th St. • Chicago

COST: Free

The Real Adam Smith DVD Sale

The Real Adam Smith (DVD) - Broadcast Special Price $15.95.

What can a man with a plain name who lived over 200 years ago tell us about life today? Who was The Real Adam Smith? And why should we care? In this two-hour, two-part documentary, Swedish author, commentator and Cato Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explores Adam Smith’s life, his ideas about morality and economics, and how the concepts he discussed in his books and lectures are still relevant today. 

Hour One, Morality & Markets, explores Smith’s life and role in the Scottish Enlightenment, his thoughts on empathy and how we distinguish right from wrong. French wine, Scottish whiskey, and freshly-baked scones all illustrate Smith’s economic principles. True wealth is defined. We discover Smith’s thoughts on the government’s role in markets, his distaste for monopolies/crony capitalism in the form of the East India Company, and his thoughts on the American colonies. 

Hour Two, Ideas That Changed the World, explores contemporary life and Smith’s influences on the very things we see going on today. Why is Smith widely studied now in China? Ethical businesses, like Whole Foods, showcase the morality Smith insisted was critical to thriving markets. Uber and eBay demonstrate that markets can thrive through the organization and “self-policing” of the participants themselves.

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