Essays, Journalism, Fiction
In the Atlantic
The Surprising Eighteenth-Century Origins of Fanfiction
What Jane Austen Thought Marriage Couldn’t Do
The Radical Eighteenth-Century Way of Paying for College
Advice From the Eighteenth Century: How to Write a Business Letter
Adam Smith and the Romance Novel
In Vox
Teaching Veronica Mars in a Season of Campus Sex Crimes
Short fiction
The Future of Urban Housing (short story)
Reunion (short story), also re-published in Watch/Worlds/Burn
Adam Smith Works
Gulliver’s Travels: Adam Smith’s Favorite Novel
Why Adam Smith Hated Epictetus
Jane’s Austen’s Theory of Moral Sentiments: Pride, Prejudice, and Prudence
Sense, Sensibility, and Adam Smith
The Failed Spectator in Persuasion
Public Lectures
“Against Stoicism: Adam Smith’s Literary Answer to Epictetus”
“The Virtues of Jane Austen’s Good Enough Parents”
“Wealth and Virtue in Jane Austen”