Wealth of Nations - Paperback
by Adam Smith
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9780879757052ISBN-10:879757051UPC:9780879757052Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Economics, United States, Economic HistoryBook Topic:Theory, Colonial Period (1600-1775)Size:8.40 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4705Product ID:SCPSBWT973
Wealth of Nations
Political economy had been studied long before Adam Smith. But Wealth of Nations (1776) established it for the first time as a separate science. Smith based his arguments on vast historical knowledge, and developed his principles with remarkable clarity. What set this work apart was its statement of the doctrine of natural liberty. Smith believed that "man's self-interest is God's providence" -...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9780879757052ISBN-10:879757051UPC:9780879757052Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Economics, United States, Economic HistoryBook Topic:Theory, Colonial Period (1600-1775)Size:8.40 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4705Product ID:SCPSBWT973
Adam Smith (1723-1790) was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and began studies at the University of Glasgow. Three years later he entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he remained as a scholarship student until 1746. After leaving Oxford, Smith returned to the University of Glasgow to lecture on English literature and economics. The publication, in 1759, of his Theory of Moral Sentiments led to...
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