Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian : : An Interpretation for the 21st Century /

Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian : : An Interpretation for the 21st Century / / Iain McLean.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748623525);Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the ExchequerThis book 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 still frequently depicted....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
McLean, Iain,
MitwirkendeR:
Brown, Gordon,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2006
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • 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 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

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