| Description |
xv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The overdue recovery of Adam Smith's reputation as an economic theorist / Paul A. Samuelson -- Smith's use of data / Lawrence R. Klein -- The general theory of surpluses as a formalization of the underlying theoretical thought of Adam Smith, his predecessors and his contemporaries / Maurice Allais -- Public economic policy : Adam Smith on what the state and other public institutions should and should not do / Richard Stone -- On the wealth of nations / Franco Modigliani -- The supply of labour and the extent of the market / James M. Buchanan -- The invisible hand in modern macroeconomics / James Tobin -- Adam Smith and human capital / Theodore W. Schultz -- The present state of economic science / Wassily Leontief -- Economics : recent performance and future trends / Jan Tinbergen |
| Analysis |
Economics |
| Notes |
Proceedings of a conference held in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on July 16-17, 1990, to mark the bicentenary of the death of Adam Smith |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-197) and index |
| Subject |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 -- Congresses.
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
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Economics -- History -- Congresses.
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Economics -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Festschriften.
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| Author |
Fry, Michael, 1947-
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
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| LC no. |
91025698 |
| ISBN |
0415061644 |
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