The Wealth of Nations - Hardcover

Adam Smith; D.D. Raphael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857150112 ISBN 13: 9781857150117

Publisher: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY, 1991

Synopsis

Published in the same year as the American Declaration of Independence, The Wealth of Nations has had an equally great impact on the course of modern history. Adam Smith’s celebrated defence of free market economics is notable also as one of the Enlightenment’s most eloquent testaments to the sanctity of the individual in his relations to the state.

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From the Inside Flap

Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's new Introduction for this edition both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics."

From the Back Cover

"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

Edition details

• Publisher: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857150112
• ISBN 13: 9781857150117
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 622