Adam Smith: A Very Short Introduction Berry Christopher J. Honorary Research Professor University of GlasgowPaperback / softback
Adam Smith: A Very Short Introduction Berry Christopher J. Honorary Research Professor University of GlasgowPaperback / softback In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations, a book so…
Specifikacia Adam Smith: A Very Short Introduction Berry Christopher J. Honorary Research Professor University of GlasgowPaperback / softback
Adam Smith: A Very Short Introduction Berry Christopher J. Honorary Research Professor University of GlasgowPaperback / softback
In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations, a book so foundational that it has led to him being called the father of economics. Yet if Smith is actually read these associations are more a caricature than a faithful portrait.In this Very Short Introduction, Christopher Berry offers a balanced and nuanced view of this seminal thinker, embedding his fierce defense of free trade, competition, and assault on special interests in contemporary European history, politics, and philosophy. Today he is associated with the promotion of self-interest, a defense of greed and a criticism of any governmental 'interference' in market transactions which, if left to the 'invisible hand', will produce prosperity and liberty.
His book The Theory of Moral Sentiment, offered a complex account of ethics in the As Berry explores, Smith was more than an economist.