The Wealth of Nations
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- Hardcover
1200 pages
- Release Date
25 March 1994
Summary
First published in 1776, The Wealth of Nations is generally regarded as the foundation of contemporary economic thought. Adam Smith, a Scottish professor of moral philosophy, expounded the then-revolutionary doctrine of economic liberalism. The book’s importance was immediately recognized by Smith’s peers, and later economists have shown an unusual consensus in their admiration for his ideas.
Combining economics, political theory, history, philosophy, and practical programs, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679424734 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679424733 |
| Author: | Adam Smith, Edwin Cannan |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1200 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 1994 |
| Weight: | 1.26kg |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 145mm x 56mm |
| Series: | Modern Library (Hardcover) |
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“Adam Smith’s enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things.”–Robert L. Heilbroner
About The Author
Adam Smith
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.
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