num_pages: 263
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.
language: English
title: Adam Smith in His Time and Ours
titlecomplete: Adam Smith in His Time and Ours
characters: Adam Smith, philosopher
genres: Economics, Philosophy
ratings_count: 41
publisher: Princeton University Press