The Wisdom of Adam Smith

by John Haggarty and Adam Smith

Book Overview

Adam Smith was an eloquent man of considerable philosophical and historical learning. His most incisive and enduring observations are collected here on subjects ranging from political and economic history to morals, art, education, war, and the American colonies. Throughout, notes an admirer in the introduction, "his writing is blessedly free of that use of jargon (and mathematics) that characterizes most of the modern materials in economics. His...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913966215
• ISBN13: 9780913966211
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

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This book provides fascinating insight on all topics from love to war to farming to manufacturing from an economic point of view. You do not need to subscribe to the classical theory to gain wisdom from this book. You don't even need an economics background to appreciate Adam's insight.