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21. Adam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Z. Muller | |
Paperback: 263
Pages
(1995-07-03)
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Excellant primer on the thought of Adam Smith This book is not a biography of Smith, which would probably be pretty boring. It is an examination of his ideas. Muller starts by placing the book in its intellectual context of earlier traditions. Than he turns to an examination of Smith's work as a whole. This is important because to often Smith is limited to The Wealth of Nations, which is only one element of his thought. Muller examines The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Lectures on Jurisprudence to form a more complete picture of Smith as a moral philisopher. The most important element of this book is the demonstration that Smith was not a defender of unrestrained greed. Smith sought to defend and construct institutions that would channel individual self-interest into benefical results for the whole of society. Nor was he an enemy of government. While it is true that he thought government often proved a danger to the market because of the influence of what we call special interests, Smith did not reject government regulation totally. In fact he argued for regulation of banking and interest rates and advocated using the government to try and correct the negative effects capitalism had on the intellect of the people through public financed education. Muller writes a compelling book demonstrating that Smith is not the proto-libertarian so many people claim. That in fact Smith would probably be quite dismayed at the uses to which his thoughts have been applied.
Another Book on Smith
a very informative book
This is an excellent introduction to Adam Smith's ideas. |
22. New Perspectives on Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Geoff Cockfield, Ann Firth, John Laurent | |
Hardcover: 170
Pages
(2008-01-08)
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23. Adam Smith in Context: A Critical Reassesment of Some Central Components of His Thought by Leonidas Montes | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(2004-04-03)
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24. ADAM SMITH by E G WEST | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(1977-03-01)
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25. Adam Smith and His Legacy for Modern Capitalism by Patricia H. Werhane | |
Hardcover: 240
Pages
(1991-08-22)
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26. Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian: An Interpretation for the 21st Century by Iain McLean | |
Hardcover: 272
Pages
(2007-03-06)
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27. Adam Smith and Economic Science: A Methodological Reinterpretation by Jan Peil | |
Hardcover: 206
Pages
(1999-10)
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Editorial Review Book Description This model elucidates Smith's vision of the free market economy by placing it in the historical circumstances of the time.In the first part of the book the author discusses how we should read Smith and outlines the new hermeneutical model of interpretation of his economic thought.For example, in reviewing The Wealth of Nations, the author places Smith's work firmly in the context of moral philosophy and the debate on the sense and meaning of the emerging commercial society which was taking place in the 18th century.In discussing Smith's economics, the author clearly focuses on the question: why should we re-read Smith and according to which model of interpretation? Finally, he discusses the relevance of reinterpreting Smith's economics as part of moral philosophy for today's debate on the principles of economics. This innovative book will be of great interest to historians of economic thought and political economy, scholars and students of the philosophy and methodology of economics and all those interested in Adam Smith and his relevance for economics today. |
28. The Life of Adam Smith by Ian Simpson Ross | |
Hardcover: 440
Pages
(1995-12-14)
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Academic biography
Solid account of his life's impact on Smith's writing. However, the book shines in connecting Smith's lifeexperiences to their effect on his thinking and writing.Extensive use ismade of Smith's correspondence to flesh out ideas presented in hispublished works.The author is clearly more comfortable with the pedigreeof thought behind "The Theory of Moral Sentiment" rather than"The Wealth of Nations", but Smith's ecomonics are still giventhorough treatment.The disconnect between Smith's free trade theories andhis work as a Commissioner of Customs is explored to the full. A quickread and a delightful look into the Scottish Enlightenment.
Fine insight into Smith and an 18th centurylife. |
29. The Myth of Adam Smith by Salim Rashid | |
Hardcover: 227
Pages
(1998-03)
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who cares about historical truth? I think Rashid underestimated Smith's role: anything that we do on this world somebody has done it before, i n one form or the other. Economics is about human behavior, therefore some humans knew it well ahead of Smith. His great historical role is not in being original, but his first putting in strong emphasis and clear thinking. ... Read more |
30. The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society: Adam Smith's Response to Rousseau by Dennis C. Rasmussen | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(2008-06-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description "Dennis Rasmussen has written a fine book on Adam Smith's defense of commercial society as a response to Rousseau. As Rasmussen demonstrates, Smith not only took Rousseau's critique of commercial society seriously, but evinced a surprising degree of sympathy with it. By reviving Smith's dialogue with Rousseau, Rasmussen not only examines an important episode in the history of political thought, but engages a debate over the benefits and drawbacks of commercial society that continues today."-John T. Scott, University of California, Davis "We have hitherto lacked a systematic and sophisticated book-length analysis of the relation between Smith and Rousseau. These two near contemporaries addressed many of the same issues-such as the emergence of capitalism, the relation between the free market and morals, the relation of commerce to politics, the nature of sympathy or empathy, and the relation of the philosopher to the modern liberal order-and yet often came to opposing conclusions. Dennis Rasmussen's beautifully written book will be important reading for anyone concerned with these two figures, and more broadly the Enlightenment and its critics."âÂÂCharles Griswold, Boston University Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights SmithÃs sympathy with RousseauÃs concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was SmithÃs view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, SmithÃs approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society. |
31. Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith by Joseph Cropsey | |
Hardcover: 101
Pages
(1977-03)
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32. Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life by James R. Otteson | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(2002-10-28)
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33. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: New Interdisciplinary Essays (Texts in Culture) | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(1995-03)
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34. Adam Smith and the Classics: The Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought by Gloria Vivenza | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(2002-01-10)
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35. On Moral Sentiments: Contemporary Responses to Adam Smith (The Key Issues Series , No 18) | |
Paperback: 250
Pages
(1998-03)
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36. Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics (Law and Philosophy Library) | |
Hardcover: 244
Pages
(1994-04-30)
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37. Adam Smith (Past Masters) by D. D. Raphael | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(1985-05-23)
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A good introduction |
38. On Adam Smith (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) by Jack Russell Weinstein | |
Paperback: 104
Pages
(2000-10-23)
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39. Adam Smith into the Twenty-First Century (Shaftesbury Papers, Vol 7) by Edwin G. West | |
Paperback: 66
Pages
(1996-07)
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40. A System of Social Science Papers Relating to Adam Smith: Papers Relating to Adam Smith by Andrew S. Skinner | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(1979-06)
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