Wealth of Nations Smith AdamPaperback
Wealth of Nations Smith AdamPaperback First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. Throughout he…
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Wealth of Nations Smith AdamPaperback
First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. Throughout he offers seminal arguments for free trade, free markets, and limited government.Criticizing mercantilists who sought to use the state to increase their nations' supply of precious metals, Smith points out that a nation's wealth should be measured by the well-being of its people. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior.
How to establish and maintain such markets? Prosperity in turn requires voluntary exchange of goods in a peaceful, well-ordered market. For Smith the answer lay in man's social instincts, which government may encourage by upholding