Jesús Astigarraga holds a PhD in Economics and a PhD in History, and is a Full Professor at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.

Juan Zabalza holds a PhD in Economics and is an Associate Professor at the University of Alicante, Spain.

This book looks at the long journey of Smith's ideas from Scotland to peninsular Spain, reconstructing in detail the reception, adaptation, interpretation, and application of Smith's central concepts from 1777 up to 1840.

1. Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations in Spain: a State of the Art Section I. Translations 2. Smith, Campomanes and a Networked Translator: John Geddes and the Early History of English Print in Spain 3. Vicente Alcalá-Galiano: an Interpretation of Smith Between the Public Sphere and the State Apparatus 4. A New Analysis of Martínez de Irujo's Compendio de la Riqueza de las Naciones and the Role of Marquis de Condorcet 5. The First Complete Spanish Translation of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations: José Alonso Ortiz's Riqueza de las naciones (1794) 6. José Alonso Ortiz, Adam Smith's translator: a new interpretation Section II. Influences 7. Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations: The First Spanish Readings in Spain, 1777-1800 8. Nuancing Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations' Reception and Influences in Spain, 1800-1820 9. "Readings" of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations by Spanish Economists, 1820-1840 Section III. Institutions 10. Adam Smith in the Spanish Press, 1780-1808 11. Adam Smith in the Chairs on Political Economy in Spain, 1780-1823 12. Adam Smith and the Cortes of Cádiz (1810-1813): more than Enlightened Liberalism 13. Adam Smith in the Economic Debates during the Liberal Triennium (1820-1823), the Second Liberal Exile and Hispanic America 14. Spanish Translations of The Wealth of Nations: Beyond the Enlightenment, 1792-2020