The problems and promise of commercial society
Subtitle: Adam Smith's response to Rousseau
By: Dennis C. Rasmussen.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780271033488
Subjects: Smith, Adam, -- 1723-1790; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778; Capitalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Rousseau's unhappy vision of commercial society; title: Smith's sympathy with Rousseau's critique; title: The European peasant and the prudent man; title: Progress and happiness; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Index.