Lecture Series "Economy and Society" at the Library of the Department of Economics, NKUA.
We invite you to the second meeting of the series, on the theme “250 years since the first edition of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations”.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 17:00-19:00
Library of the Department of Economics, National University of Athens (13a Navarinou, 2nd floor)
Speakers: Yanis Varoufakis, Professor, Department of Economics, NKUA “Adam Smith and Capitalism”
Nikos Theocharakis, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, National University of Athens
“The Recruitment of Adam Smith in Greece” Konstantinos Repapis, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, NKUA “A Tour of the Wealth of Nations Publications”
The event is part of the "Economy and Society" series, which aspires to highlight the timeless conversation between economic thought and social issues, through landmark books and discussions with distinguished academics. We look forward to an open, fruitful dialogue around a work that continues, two and a half centuries later, to influence the way we understand the economy and society.