John Collins

An Analysis of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

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Produktbeschreibung

200 years after it was written, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations is still debated by governments internationally. Smith argued that â mercantilismâ â the theory that the national economy exists solely to strengthen the government, thus the government should regulate the economyâ was wrong.

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 90
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 112g
• ISBN-13: 9781912127085
• ISBN-10: 1912127083
• Artikelnr.: 48874929

Autorenporträt

Dr John Collins is a member of the faculty at the London School of Economics, where he is currently Executive Director of the LSE IDEAS International Drug Policy Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was John Collins? What does The Wealth of Nations
Say? Why does The Wealth of Nations Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1:
The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3:
The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5:
Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place
in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module
10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12:
Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited