Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

Book Overview

While it has been pointed to time and again by governments and pundits promoting laissez-faire economics, The Wealth of Nations actually shows that Adam Smith viewed capitalism with a deep suspicion, and tempered his celebration of a self-regulating market with a darker vision of the dehumanizing potential of a profit-oriented society. Smith did not write an economics textbook, but rather a panoramic narrative about the struggle for individual liberty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199535922
• ISBN13: 9780199535927
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"