The US is a Scottish Enlightenment-and Smithian--Nation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ม.ค. 2018
- When faced with the challenges of how to create and structure a new nation, the Founders turned to the Enlightenment-and Adam Smith--for guidance.
In America, the founders-especially Jefferson and Adams--read and admired Adam Smith, and it influenced the open market that they created. A study of American libraries in the revolutionary period found that the holdings of Wealth of Nations was more frequent than similar works by Locke and Rousseau.
The Founders were dealing with things like how to structure a government, an economy, the banking system, the church and the military. Smith had a lot to say on all these points. So how does the United States follow Smith’s principles? To find out we got to the Library of Congress, in Washington, D.C.
In The Wealth of Nations the founders had a groundbreaking book in how to run an economy--and a fine general book on politics. It’s not surprising that the founders would look over to the best work in the Enlightenment, not just to Smith, but to the other great social scientists of the day and be particularly interested in them.
We explore how Smith fits extremely well with the vision of the founders, and indeed of the vision of most Americans from that time until our own. We discover that the Constitution is an attempt to implement and integrate into a governmental plan some of the ideas Smith had about what could allow for a prosperous society.
Hearts bursting with pride to be Scottish. We have given so much to the world for such a small nation. As well as the content of this video, inventions such as phone, television, radar, penicillin, steam engine, road surfacing, bicycle, atm machines, to name just a few. PS dont forget John Muir the protector of national parks.😍
Most people have no idea that the Scots invented the telephone, tv, roads and many more... For Americans the Declaration of Independence is based on the Scottish Declaration of Indepence of 1320. Hence Tartan day.
The Scots in America the majority of the signatures on the American Constitution at least 57% or more had Scottish ancestry Alexander Hamilton was of Scottish ancestry as was many of the president's thank you Scotland 😀
Us Scots are everywhere giving the word & verses, we received a wealth of learning from the Templars who were well educated .
We instituted a parish school after the Reformation in Scotland, in the 16th century! It was to ensure every Scot could read the Bible ! Educated population!
Proud to say that Adam Smith was born in my home town of Kirkcaldy.
Alexander Hamilton 🇺🇸🏴 David Hume🏴 worth also reading
USA had 14 presidents elected by Congress before Washington. One such president, Arthur St .Clair was elected by Congress to serve as president from Feb 22nd to Oct 2nd, 1787 . Washington was the first to be elected by the people instead of Congress on April 30th, 1779, and served 2 terms . One final note Arthur St Clair was the only president not to be born in the USA . Thurso ,Caithness Scotland
Not only the Library of Congress,the British Library like the Library of Congress all receive a copy of every book published.
Scottish Rite freemasonry has given me and the world so much smb
Adam Smith never got to grips with what money really was. A range of anachronistic elements guided his position. Primarily, in spite of Scottish involvement in the landmark founding of a central bank in England, Scotland never had such a bank and the government-founded bank in Scotland was dedicated to public banking and trade rather than underpinning government spending. In that way, the scene was to some extent set for the major theme of Smith's work during the following century. In the field of banking and economics, one might conclude that the Scottish Enlightenment wasn't really over until a further century later when MacLeod, and later still Mitchell-Innes, swept aside the omissions or errors of Smith, Mill and others, and addressed the nature of money head on.