he is the author of adam smith marketplace of life, 2002 from cambridge university press. the 2007 templeton enterprise awards. he is the editor of the levelers there i know we are against them but i guess that's probably not right. you can always get straightened out that these things. and he's also the editor of adam smith selected philosophical writings which appeared in 2004. his book "adam smith" will be publishing 2011 and is working on a book and he is very industrious, don't you agree, he's going working on a book. would you please welcome jim otis and. [applause] >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. as you all well know, adam smith is one of the most beloved and the most hated, the site and it probably for that reason the least read figures in the pantheon of great western writers. his ideas have helped transform political and economic policy throughout much of the world, and his ideas are credited by many for the astonishing and unprecedented growth in wealth and prosperity in the west, but they're also blamed by many for the inequalities in wealth that have