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When I was first approached to contribute a volume on Adam Smith to the Polity Classic Thinkers series, I decided that I would attempt to produce a work that both introduced readers to the whole of Smith’s body of thought and, at the same time, made the case for reading that body of thought as a consistent and coherent intellectual project. In writing the book, I have received much valued support and guidance from the editorial team at Polity, particularly George Owers and Julia Davies, and from the comments of three anonymous readers. Christopher J. Berry, Maria Pia Paganelli, and Kate Spence kindly agreed to read the draft manuscript and offered helpful constructive criticism. The book is a result of fifteen years teaching Adam Smith to undergraduate and postgraduate students. My position as Adam Smith Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow has allowed me to teach Smith to an interdisciplinary group of students drawn from Politics, Sociology, History, and Philosophy. Many of the formulations and examples included here first sprang from that classroom experience. As a result, this book is dedicated to the students of my courses on the Scottish Enlightenment and the Wealth of Nations at the University of Glasgow.