| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages) |
| Series |
Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 16 |
|
Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 16.
|
| Contents |
Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Biography; Chapter 1 Adam Smith's Life and Works; Part II: Ideas; Chapter 2 Smith's Philosophical Program: Two Early Essays; Chapter 3 Smith's Genealogy of Morality; Chapter 4 The Impartial Spectator and Moral Objectivity; Chapter 5 Political Economy in The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Chapter 6 Political Economy in The Wealth of Nations; Chapter 7 Resolving the "Adam Smith Problem"; Part III: Enduring Significance; Chapter 8 What Smith Got Wrong; Chapter 9 What Smith Got Right |
| Summary |
The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) was as a pioneer of political economy. In fact, his economic thought became the foundation of classical economics and his key work, A n Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, is considered to be the first modern work in economics. For Smith, a free competition environment was the best way to foster economic development that would work in accordance with natural laws. The framework he set up to explain the free market remains true to this day |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
|
| SUBJECT |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 fast |
| Subject |
Classical school of economics.
|
|
Free enterprise.
|
|
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory.
|
|
Classical school of economics
|
|
Free enterprise
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781441104403 |
|
1441104402 |
|
1283004313 |
|
9781283004312 |
|
9781501301308 |
|
1501301306 |
|
1441190139 |
|
9781441190130 |
|
