The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas

by Steven G. Medema

Book Overview

Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself--not by government--led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691122962
• ISBN13: 9780691122960
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"