| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 141 pages) |
| Contents |
Commerce and the question, who should rule? -- Thanks, but no thanks: Mandeville's defense of court Whig hypocrisy -- Bolingbroke's search for a patriot king -- Hume's critique of the Whig supremacy -- Adam Smith and the end of aristocracy |
| Summary |
The Rule of the Rich provides a historical account of Adam Smith's case for free enterprise. By locating Smith's work within the context of eighteenth-century aristocratic society, this book shows that his defense of the free market system issued not from any devotion to individual liberty, but from his aristocratic conviction that the passion for private gain undermines the integrity of political authority |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-135) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 -- Contributions in political science
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. |
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 |
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Smith, Adam (Philosoph) |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Political science
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Politische Wissenschaft
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Politieke ideeën.
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Overheidstaken.
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Adel.
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Markteconomie.
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Political Theory of the State.
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Political Science.
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Law, Politics & Government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98020730 |
| ISBN |
0585282447 |
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9780585282442 |
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