Altug,

Lionel Robbins (A History of Economic thought p127) contradicts Schumpeter and claims that Smith "put political economy on the map as a serious subject" 

Heilbroner makes Smith out to be the first "Worldly Philosopher", and the founder of an intellectual revolution (p41). 

D

--- On Wed, 3/30/11, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [SHOE] Adam Smith, the "Founding Father" of Modern Economics?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 6:39 AM
> Dear Listers,
> 
> J Schumpeters *History of Economic Analysis*, M Blaugs
> *Retrospect*, and M Rothbards *An Austrian Perspective
> on HET* report that Adam Smith has been incorretly thought
> to have created the science of economics and known as
> the Founding Father.
> 
> I have been wondering: who thought so? These books do not
> provide any references. I did a quick search on Google
> but had no reliable results. Does anybody know when and who
> exactly coined or used the term founding father
> and thought Adam Smith created the science of economics?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Altug Yalcintas
> Ankara University
>