The Hesitant Hand : : Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas /

The Hesitant Hand : : Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas / / Steven G. Medema.

Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself--not by government--led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. The Hesitant Hand examines how subsequent economic thinkers...

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Medema, Steven G.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 1 line illus. 1 table.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • 1. Adam Smith and His Ancestors
  • 2. Harnessing Self-Interest
  • 3. Marginalizing the Market
  • 4. Marginalizing Government i
  • 5. Coase's Challenge
  • 6. Marginalizing Government II
  • 7. Legal Fiction
  • Epilogue. Everywhere, Self-Interest?
  • References
  • Index

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