Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

Herausgeber: Copley, Stephen; Sutherland, Kathryn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In order to understand the impact of Smith's text across the academic disciplines, this volume brings together leading scholars from fields of economics, politics, history, sociology and literature. Each essay offers a different reading of Wealth of Nations and its legacy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 317g
• ISBN-13: 9780719039430
• ISBN-10: 0719039436
• Artikelnr.: 37778765

Autorenporträt

Stephen Copley taught English at the University of York Kathryn Sutherland is Professorial Fellow in English at St Anne's College, University of Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: reading the Wealth of Nations - Stephen Copley 2. Natural
liberty and laissez faire: how Adam Smith became a free trade ideologue -
Keith Tribe 3. Adam Smith and the 'free market' - Heinz Lubasz 4. Adam
Smith and the role of the state: education as a public service - Andrew
Skinner 5. Adam Smith's master narrative: women and the Wealth of Nations -
Kathryn Sutherland 6. Look, no hidden hands: how Smith understands
historical progress and societal values - Noel Parker 7. Adam Smith and the
limits to growth - Ted Benton 8. The last georgic: Wealth of Nations and
the scene of writing - Kurt Heinzelman Notes on contributors Select
bibliography Index