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Adam Smith, radical and egalitarian an interpretation for the twenty-first century
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Aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of "The Wealth of Nations", was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is frequently depicted. Smith's "right-wing" reputation...
Aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of "The Wealth of Nations", was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is frequently depicted. Smith's "right-wing" reputation was sealed after his death when it was not safe to claim that an author may have influenced the French revolutionaries.
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- Creator
- Iain McLean
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9786610538447, 9780748627059, 1280538449, 0748623531, 0748623523, 9780748623525, 9780748623532, 9781280538445, 0748672117, 0748627057
- OCLC
- ocm64555272, ocm71000530, ocn123894064, ocn860306866, on1302165367
- Description based upon print version of record.
- includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-165) and index.
- English
- COVER; Contents; Foreword by Rt Hon. Gordon Brown; A Note on Citations; Preface: A Scotsman Looks at the World; 1 The Life of an Absent-minded Professor; 2 A Weak State and a Weak Church; 3 A Non-religious Grounding of Morals: Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment; 4 Merriment and Diversion: Smith on Public Finance and Public Choice; 5 The Invisible Hand and the Helping Hand; 6 The French and American Smiths; 7 Adam Smith Today; Appendix; Notes on Further Reading; References; Index
Subjects
- Economics -- Philosophy.
- Enlightenment -- Scotland.
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 -- Influence.
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Theory of moral sentiments.
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.