Title: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations : a selected edition /
Authors: Smith, Adam, 1723-1790; Sutherland, Kathryn.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Economics.
Abstract: While it has been pointed to time and again by governments and pundits promoting laissez-faire economics, the Wealth of Nations actually shows that Adam Smith viewed capitalism with a deep suspicion, and tempered his celebration of a self-regulating market with a darker vision of the dehumanizing potential of a profit-oriented society. Smith did not write an economics textbook, but rather a panoramic narrative about the struggle for individual liberty and general prosperity in history. -- Publisher description.