UID:
almafu_9959227085502883
Format:
1 online resource (193 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-7486-7211-7
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1-280-53844-9
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9786610538447
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0-7486-2705-7
Content:
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 frequently depicted. Smith's "right-wing" reputation was sealed after his death when it was not safe to claim that an author may have influenced the French revolutionaries.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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COVER; Contents; Foreword by Rt Hon. Gordon Brown; 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 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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-2352-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780748627059