The Moral Market
Adam Smith and the Promise of Virtuous CapitalismBy Patrick Ryan
Length14h 13m
About this audiobook
Adam Smith has been misappropriated for two centuries. Invoked as the patron saint of self-interest and unrestrained markets, the real Smith — moral philosopher, civic thinker, and fierce critic of monopoly and greed — has been hiding in plain sight. The Moral Market recovers that Smith and puts him to work on the defining challenge of our time: how do we build a capitalism that actually works — not just for shareholders, but for society? Drawing on The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations in equal measure, and ranging across Bernard Mandeville, the Scottish Enlightenment, and contemporary governance failures, Patrick Ryan constructs a rigorous and readable case for virtuous capitalism. This is not nostalgia. It is architecture — a framework for markets built on prudence, justice, beneficence, sympathy, and civic purpose.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, Politics and Government
Length14 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 18, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
21776
3Author’s Note
4Introduction: Reclaiming Capitalism
5Chapter 1: The Birth of Moral Capitalism
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6Chapter 2: The Education of a Moral Economist
7Chapter 3: The Discipline of Sympathy and Exchange
8Chapter 4: Wealth, Power, and the Fragility of Justice
9Chapter 5: Slavery, Empire, and the East India Company
10Chapter 6: Two Visions of Capitalism
11Chapter 7: The Rise of the Executive Influencer
12Chapter 8: The Collapse of Market Constraint
13Chapter 9: The Conditions of Justice and Trust
14Chapter 10: The Civic Architecture of a Moral Market
15Chapter 11: Ethical Leadership and Institutional Governance
16Chapter 12: Building a Post-Scarcity Moral Economy
17Afterword: A Promise To Keep
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