Adam Smith in His Time and Ours

Muller, Jerry Z.

ISBN 10: 0691001618 / ISBN 13: 9780691001616

Published by Princeton University Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adam Smith in His Time and Ours
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691001618
• ISBN 13: 9780691001616
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Counter to the popular impression that Adam Smith was a champion of selfishness and greed, Jerry Muller shows that the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations maintained that markets served to promote the well-being of the populace and that government must intervene to counteract the negative effects of the pursuit of self-interest. Smith's analysis went beyond economics to embrace a larger "civilizing project" designed to create a more decent society.

About the Author

Jerry Z. Muller is Associate Professor of History at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservatism (Princeton).