Here is a description of my research, including short summaries of some of my publications.

Here is my SSRN author page, where you can find most of my papers.

Here is my Google Scholar profile.
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Academic Journal Articles:

• “Satisfaction in Action: Hume's Endogenous Theory of Preferences and the Virtues of Commerce.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming). Link.
•  “The Dual Account of Reason and the Spirit of Philosophy in Hume’s Treatise.” Hume Studies (forthcoming). Link.
•  2020. “A Dialectical Reading of Adam Smith on Wealth and Happiness.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming). Link.
•  2019. “Reason and Political Economy in Hume.” Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 12(1): 26-51. Link.
•  2019. “Hume and Smith on Utility, Agreeableness, Propriety, and Moral Approval,” History of European Ideas 54(5): 675-704. Coauthored with Colin Doran and Daniel B. Klein. Link.
•  2018. “The Man within the Breast, the Supreme Impartial Spectator, and Other Impartial Spectators in Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments.” History of European Ideas 44(8): 1153-1168. Coauthored with Daniel B. Klein and Colin Doran. Link.
•  2018. “Adam Smith’s Humean Attitude Towards Science; Illustrated by ‘The History of Astronomy’.” The Adam Smith Review 11: 265-280. Link.
•  2017. “The Elevated Imagination: Contemplation and Action in David Hume and Adam Smith.” The Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 15(1): 27-45. Coauthored with Colin Doran. Link.
•  2017. “The Sympathetic Formation of Reason and the Limits of Science,” Society, 54(3):246-252. Link.

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Working Papers:

•  “Serving the Common Good in the Age of Commerce: Adam Smith and the Principle of Focalism." (Under review; email for manuscript.) Link.
• “Convention Without Convening: Hume’s Marvelous Innovation” with Daniel B. Klein. (Under review.) Link.
• “Reading Smith’s Political Economy Through the Lens of Joseph Butler” (Under review; email for manuscript.)

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Book Chapters:

• 2020. “Mere-Liberty in David Hume.” In A Companion to David Hume, edited by Moris Polanco. Guatemala City: Universidad Francisco Marroquin. Coauthored with Daniel B. Klein. Link.

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Academic Book Reviews: 

• 2020. A review of Our Great Purpose. Adam Smith on Living a Better Life by Ryan Patrick Hanley. The Independent Review, 25(1). Link
• 2018. “Hayek on the Liberty of Knowledge.” [A review of of F.A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy, and Social Philosophy by Peter J. Boettke.] The University Bookman. Link.
• 2017. A review of The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped Modern Thought by Dennis C. Rasmussen. Published in The Review of Austrian Economics. Link.  
• 2016. A review of Liberty and Equality in Political Economy: From Locke versus Rousseau to the Present by Nicholas Capaldi and Gordon Lloyd. Published in The Review of Austrian Economics. Link.​

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Other Publications:

• “David Hume, Economic Rationality, and Policy: Symposium Introduction,” forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Link.
• “A Brief History of the Editions of the Theory of Moral Sentiments,” forthcoming at Liberty Fund’s ‘Adam Smith Works’ webpage. Link
• 2020. “Perspectives from Smith on Wealth and Happiness,” published on Liberty Fund’s "Adam Smith Works" webpage. Link.

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