Adam Smith
by Smith, Craig
"Craig Smith's new crystal-clear introduction reveals a far more complex and nuanced figure whose rich legacy remains highly relevant today"--
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- Full title :Adam Smith / Craig Smith.
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"Craig Smith's new crystal-clear introduction reveals a far more complex and nuanced figure whose rich legacy remains highly relevant today"--
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Polity Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 211 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781509518265, 1509518266, 9781509518241, 150951824X
- oclc:on1121420759
- LC Classification:HB103.S6
- Dewey Decimal:330.15/3092
Table of Contents
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations for Smith's Works -- 1 Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment -- Life -- The Scottish Enlightenment -- Newton -- Hume -- 2 Science and System -- Science -- Wonder, Surprise, and Admiration -- Systems -- Rhetoric -- Conjectural History -- Social Change -- 3 Morality and Sympathy -- Sympathy -- Sociability -- Propriety -- General Rules -- Custom -- The Impartial Spectator -- The Limits of Sympathy -- Self-command -- 4 Justice and Virtue -- Justice -- Benevolence -- Police -- Religion -- Moral Corruption
The Invisible Hand -- The Implications of Inequality -- 5 Jurisprudence -- Stadial Theory -- Property -- Government -- Warfare -- The Fall of Feudalism -- Modern Liberty -- 6 The Nature of Wealth -- The Division of Labour -- Trade -- Markets -- Wages -- Capital -- Saving -- Productive and Unproductive Labour -- Banking and Money -- 7 Government and the Market -- The Mercantile System -- Mercantile Policy -- Empire -- The Agricultural System -- Defence -- Justice -- Publick Works and Institutions -- Education -- Taxation -- 8 Legacy and Influence -- 'Das Adam Smith-Problem' -- Moral Sentiments
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