| Adam Smith's Lost Legacy 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Kennedy, G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403947899 ISBN-13: 9781403947895 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: In this accessible book, Gavin Kennedy takes a fresh look at Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its links to his political economy and his lectures on jurisprudence. The book provides a new analysis of "Wealth of Nations," and argues that Adam Smith's intellectual legacy was coopted in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by economists pursuing agendas that Smith did not advocate. It also provides a new explanation for the main mysteries about Smith's later life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004056898 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.86" W x 8.68" (1.08 lbs) 285 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this accessible book, Gavin Kennedy takes a fresh look at Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its links to his political economy and his lectures on Jurisprudence. The book provides a new analysis of Wealth of Nations, and argues that Adam Smith's intellectual legacy was completely transformed in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries by economists pursuing different agendas, to create ideas and policies that Smith did not advocate. It also provides a new explanation for the main mysteries about Smith's later life. |