Today is Adam Smith’s 301st birthday. Last year, for the tercentenary, we hosted the Adam Smith 300 series for Capital Matters. We got one essay each month from different writers looking at Smith’s life and thought from different perspectives.

I encourage you to celebrate Smith’s birthday today by giving one of those essays a read. Pick one that looks interesting to you:

You can also read my speech from our Adam Smith 300 conference in New York last year by clicking here.

And be sure to keep an eye out for more Adam Smith content from Capital Matters. The influence of Smith’s thought on free-market economics and on classical liberalism more broadly is hard to overstate, and we remain indebted to his genius.