On Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations"
Subtitle: A Philosophical Companion
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780691123905
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; History & Theory - General; Philosophy; Political; Criticism; Economics - Theory; History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century; Philosophy / Political; Economics; Ethics
First sentence: I begin with Smith's writing style, since I will contend throughout this book that scholars have persistently misread the Wealth of Nations (WN), and I'd like to show right off why it is easy to do that.