Adam Smith and His Legacy for Modern Capitalism

by Patricia H. Werhane

This book reexamines Adam Smith's major works from a philosophical point of view. Werhane shows how Smith's three major works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Lectures on Jurisprudence, and The Wealth of Nations present a progressive and unified set of theses. This careful study attacks the caricature of Adam Smith as a radical individualist who argued that government should play no role in economic affairs, and that the market is autonomous and self-regulating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195068289
• ISBN13: 9780195068283
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"