This important new book builds on the understanding that Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is best viewed as a cultural document, created within the context of eighteenth century notions of human nature, economy and argument, and that familiarity and rhetoric played a part in its s…
by Meadowcroft, John, Otteson, James R.
fromMajor conservative and libertarian thinkers
This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life, whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Updated to include new scholarship which has recently come to light, this full-scale biography of Adam Sm…
"The materials collected in this volume all concern the translations and receptions of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations in ten non-English-speaking countries. Adam Smith Across Nations includes numerous sections that will be of invaluable assistance to any Smith researcher. As…
This volume is published in conjunction with a new edition of all the works of Adam Smith, commissioned by the University of Glasgow to celebrate the bicentenary of The Wealth of Nations. As a part of the celebrations, it was also felt appropriate to publish a series of essays b…
Explains the core ideas of the great economists in layman terms, highlighting the economists whose ideas shaped economics on its abstract and more concrete levels.
Explains the core ideas of the great economists in layman terms, highlighting the economists whose ideas shaped economics on its abstract and more concrete levels.
