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The Wealth of Nations
Series: Hackett Classics
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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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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
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Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 227g
Pages: 352
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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