How Adam Smith can change your life
Subtitle: an unexpected guide to human nature and happiness
By: Russ Roberts
Publisher: Portfolio/Penguin
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781591846840
Subjects: Satisfaction; Happiness
Description: "How the insights of an 18th century economist can help us live better in the 21st century. Adam Smith became famous for The Wealth of Nations, but the Scottish economist also cared deeply about our moral choices and behavior--the subjects of his other brilliant book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). Now, economist Russ Roberts shows why Smith's neglected work might be the greatest self-help book you've never read. Roberts explores Smith's unique and fascinating approach to fundamental questions such as: - What is the deepest source of human satisfaction? - Why do we sometimes swing between selfishness and altruism? - What's the connection between morality and happiness? Drawing on current events, literature, history, and pop culture, Roberts offers an accessible and thought-provoking view of human behavior through the lenses of behavioral economics and philosophy"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: How Adam Smith can change your life; title: How to know yourself; title: How to be happy; title: How not to fool yourself; title: How to be loved; title: How to be lovely; title: How to be good; title: How to make the world a better place; title: How not to make the world a better place; title: How to live in the modern world.