| Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society Contributor(s): Muller, Jerry Z. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691001618 ISBN-13: 9780691001616 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1995 Annotation: 'Muller's great accomplishment in this book is to present a clear, thoughtful, and engaging overview of Adam Smith's thought. He reveals Smith to be a wide-ranging and innovative thinker who formulated a comprehensive social science.' - Peter McNamara, The Review of Politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 330.153 |
| LCCN: 95013210 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.96" W x 9.12" (0.95 lbs) 263 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Counter to the popular impression that Adam Smith was a champion of selfishness and greed, Jerry Muller shows that the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations maintained that markets served to promote the well-being of the populace and that government must intervene to counteract the negative effects of the pursuit of self-interest. Smith's analysis went beyond economics to embrace a larger civilizing project designed to create a more decent society. |