Sigve Tjøtta

«Adam Smith - Marked og moral» - 2025

«The history of economic ideas is given scant interest in today’s university education. In Norway, a bold initiative has been taken by Cappelen Damm to try to change this. Ten volumes portraying classical scholars within social and management science, written by Norwegian academics in their native language, have seen the light of day. [...] In Adam Smith: Marked og moral, Sigve Tjøtta, professor of economics at the University of Bergen, shows, by analysing and connecting The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) with An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations (1776), how Smith’s economic thinking rests upon a moral foundation and shows a better understanding of human behaviour than some modern theories. [...] the classics initiative is admirable.»

– Benny Carlson, Scandinavian Economic History Review, 19.03.2025