Adam Smith was born 300 years ago, in June 1723. The son of a Scottish lawyer and customs commissioner grew to become a great Enlightenment thinker who gained global fame for his writings in moral philosophy and political economy. His second major work, the “Wealth of Nations” (1776), enabled economics to establish itself as a separate academic discipline. In numerous countries, the book had not only a theoretical but also a practical policy impact. Yet many distortions crept into the reception history of Smith’s oeuvre. For some years now, an interdisciplinary group of Smith scholars has taken on the received wisdom to challenge the clichés. In this survey written on the occasion of the Adam Smith tricentenary, Karen Horn presents some insights from recent Smith scholarship and shows just how inspiring and fruitful an engagement with the great Scot continues to be – even for economists, who are so far remarkably underrepresented in this activity.
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Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
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Editor-in-Chief:
Achim Wambach
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Edited by:
Achim Wambach
Language:
German
First published:
January 1, 2000
Publication Frequency:
4 issues per year
About this journal
Starting 2025, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik will be transferred to Open Access. All articles will appear without delay under the Creative Commons license CC-BY 4.0. There will be no publication costs for the authors.
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics supports the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) in the open access transformation of the journals German Economic Review and Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, which is being carried out in cooperation with De Gruyter via the Subscribe to Open model.
150 years „Verein für Socialpolitik"
De Gruyter congratulates "Verein für Socialpolitik" on its 150th anniversary!
A selection of articles on the Verein's founding anniversary, all about the history and development until today, can be found in issue 1/2023 of PWP.
Objective
Perspectives in Economic Policy has a bridging function, transmitting the findings of economics research to a broader audience, as the journal’s articles are directed at both professional economists as well as non-specialists, particularly individuals with an economics background working outside of academia who want to stay abreast of the latest research.
Topics
- Whole scope of economical studies and their neighbour sciences
- In particular economic policy issues
Your Benefits
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik präsentiert im Folgenden die Editor’s Choice-Beiträge mit unbeschränktem Zugang:
Vol. 25, Iss. 2: „Es gibt einen klaren Mismatch in der medizinischen Regulatorik" – Ein Gespräch über die gesundheitspolitischen Voraussetzungen für medizinische Innovation und deren Übermittlung in die Praxis – Karen Horn führt das Gespräch mit Ariel Dora Stern
Vol. 25, Iss. 1: „Warum nicht statt der Schuldenbremse ein Fiskalrat?“ – Ein Gespräch über die Fortschritte der Makroökonomik, die Inflation, die Haushaltsdisziplin, den Euro und die Zukunft Europas – Karen Horn führt das Gespräch mit Oliver Landmann
Vol. 24, Iss. 4: „Hohe Renten kann man nicht herbeizaubern" – Ein Gespräch über die Mühsal von Rentenreformen und die Gleichstellung von Frauen – und über einen Karriereweg bis hin zur Leitung der Abteilung Sozialpolitik der OECD – Karen Horn führt das Gespräch mit Monika Queisser
Vol. 24, Iss. 3: „Die Macht der EZB ist enorm" – Ein Gespräch über Inflation und Geldpolitik, Staatsfinanzen, makroökonomische Modelle und den Sachverständigenrat – Karen Horn führt das Gespräch mit Volker Wieland
Vol. 24, Iss. 2: „Rechtlich bindende Selbstverpflichtungen würden die Politiker vorsichtiger machen" – Ein Gespräch über Ordnungspolitik, Bankenkrisen, die Weiterentwicklung des Geldsystems, Künstliche Intelligenz und Reformen der Demokratie – Karen Horn führt das Gespräch mit Hans Gersbach
Vol. 24, Iss. 1: „Wir wissen nicht wirklich, wie die auf digitalen Märkten entstehende Wohlfahrt zu verbuchen ist" – Ein Gespräch über faire Kritik an der Ökonomik, gesellschaftliche Normen und soziales Kapital, das BIP als Wohlfahrtsindikator sowie Wettbewerb und Kartellrecht – Karen Horn führt das Gespräch mit Diane Coyle
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Publicly AvailableChallenging the clichés: How recent scholarship refreshes the interpretation of Adam Smith’s oeuvreJanuary 10, 2024
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Issue 3Sonderheft Industriepolitik: Die Rückkehr der Industriepolitik – alte Ziele, neue Herausforderungen Gastherausgeber: Harald Fadinger und Claudia Steinwender
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Issue 2Sonderheft Finanzwissenschaft: „Fiskalregeln: Begründungen, Wirkungen, Designoptionen“ Gastherausgeber: Niklas Potrafke und Robert Schwager
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| CiteScore | 0.7 | 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025) |
| SCImago Journal Rank | 0.178 | 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
| Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.628 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
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Herausgeberinformation
HERAUSGEBER
Achim Wambach, ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (Federführung)
Lutz Arnold, Universität Regensburg
Giacomo Corneo, Freie Universität Berlin
Lisandra Flach, LMU München
Karen Horn, Universität Erfurt (Chefredaktion)
Martin Kocher, Universität Wien
Dominika Langenmayr, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Martin Quaas, Universität Leipzig
HERAUSGEBERBEIRAT
Johannes Becker, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Rüdiger Bachmann, University of Notre Dame
Gabriel Felbermayr, WIFO – Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Wien
Annika Herr, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Dirk Kiesewetter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Sascha Kraus, Freie Universität Bozen
Dirk Loerwald, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Andreas Löschel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Karl-Heinz Paqué, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Andreas Peichl, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dina Pomeranz, Universität Zürich
Nadine Riedel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Regina T. Riphahn, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Christoph A. Schaltegger, Universität Luzern
Isabel Schnabel, EZB
Monika Schnitzer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ludger Schuknecht, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
C. Katharina Spieß, Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) Wiesbaden
Jens Südekum, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Franziska Völckner, Universität zu Köln
Ludger Wößmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel
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eISSN:
1468-2516
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Language:
German
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First published:
January 1, 2000
Publication Frequency:
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eISSN:
1468-2516
ISSN:
1465-6493
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