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Adam Smith's Moral Authority in sixteen languages

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Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations appeared on March 9, 1776. On March 9, 2026, Dan published an essay at Law & Liberty. The piece explains that the book's teachings functioned as important moral authorizations, because Smith was a moral authority.

The piece appeared in several languages:

English, at Law & Liberty: Adam Smith's Moral Authority

French: L'authorité morale de 1776

DutchWat Nederland kan leren van een boek uit 1776

GermanDie moralische Autorität von ‘76 (and at Substack)

SwedishDen moraliska auktoriteten från 1776

DanishDen moralske autoritet fra ´76

SpanishLa autoridad moral de Adam Smith

BrazilianA autoridade moral de 1776

ItalianL’autorevolezza morale del 1776

SerbianMoralni autoritet iz ‘76

SlovakianMorálna autorita roku 1776

RomanianAutoritatea morală din ’76

Polish250 lat „Bogactwa narodów”. Jak Adam Smith zmienił gospodarkę świata

GreekΗ ηθική εξουσία του ’76

Japanese1776年の道徳的権威

Korean1776년의 도덕적 권위