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The Wealth of Nations

By Adam Smith
Series: Hackett Classics
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The Wealth of Nations, abridged with insightful commentary by Laurence Dickey, explores Adam Smith's profound ideas on how commercial societies operate. The edition unveils the connection between ethics and economics, addressing the 'Adam Smith Problem' and illustrating how Smith grounds economics in ethical and social principles, making this classic work more accessible and comprehensible.
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Ideal for students, scholars, and readers interested in economics, philosophy, and social ethics seeking a deeper understanding of Adam Smith's foundational work.

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The Wealth of Nations

States that no book has done more to instruct, enlighten, and inform conservatives about economics than Adam Smith's undisputed classic.

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This thoughtful new abridgment is enriched by the brilliant commentary which accompanies it. In it, Laurence Dickey argues that The Wealth of Nations contains—and conceals—a great deal of how Smith actually thought a commercial society works.

Guided by his conviction that the so-called Adam Smith Problem—the relationship between ethics and economics in Smith's thinking—is a core element in the argument of the work itself, Dickey's commentary focuses on the devices Smith uses to ground his economics in broadly ethical and social categories. An unparalleled guide to an often difficult and perplexing work.

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Praised by J. W. Smit of Columbia University for its thorough chapter introductions and invaluable commentary, this edition clarifies the overall argument and offers objective treatment of competing views, making it an important resource for Smith scholarship.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872202047

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 1993

Country: United States

Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Abridged by Laurence Dickey

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 227g

Pages: 352

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Adam Smith Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction Series: Hackett Classics

About the Author

Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1723. He entered the University of Glasgow at age fourteen, and later attended Balliol College at Oxford. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at Glasgow University. His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations (1776), a five-book series that sought to expose the true causes of prosperity, and installed him as the father of contemporary economic thought. He died in Edinburgh on July 19, 1790. Laurence Dickey is Professor of History, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

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