================== HES POSTING ====================== The History of Economics Society is pleased to announce the election of ANDREW SKINNER (University of Glasgow) as a distinguished fellow of the Society. Professor Skinner's election was originally announced at the 1998 Society meeting this past weekend in Montreal. The following citation is provided by the chair of the nominating committee, Malcolm Rutherford, past president of the Society: Professor Skinner's contibutions are very well known. He is, without doubt, one of the leading authorities on Adam Smith and on the work of Smith's teachers and contemporaries. Skinner's approach to Smith has been to place Smith within the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish tradition of "social, moral, and natural jurispudential analysis" which also involved Francis Hutcheson and David Hume (Brown 1997, 283). This places Smith in a different (and much more revealing) light from the more standard interpretations of Smith as the father of modern economics or of liberal capitalism. Professor Skinner's publications are far to numerous to list in full. His work on the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith stands out, but to mention just a few other contributions Books and Edited Books: A System of Social Science: Papers Relating to Adam Smith. 1979, 2nd ed 1996. Adam Smith and the Role of the State. 1974. Adam Smith. With R.H. Campbell. 1982. The Origin and Nature of the Scottish Enlightenment. Edited with R.H. Campbell, 1982. Adam Smith Reviewed. Edited with Peter Jones, 1992. Sir James Steuart's Principles of Political Oeconomy. Edited, 1997. Articles and Chapters: Adam Smith: rhetoric and the communication of ideas. 1983. Political economy: Adam Smith and his Scottish predecessors. 1992. Adam Smith and the origins of the exchange economy. 1993. Adam Smith and the role of the state: education as a public service. 1995. Pufendorf, Hutcheson and Adam Smith: some principles of political economy. 1995. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]