What Adam Smith knew : moral lessons on capitalism from its greatest champions and fiercest opponents / edited and introduced by James R. Otteson ; with a foreword by Allan H. Meltzer.
"This book provides some answers through seminal readings on the nature, purpose, and effects of capitalism as understood by its most influential expositors, both historical and contemporary. In addition to Adam Smith himself, the selections gathered here include essays and excerpts by thinkers ranging from Locke and Rousseau to Hayek and Cass Sunstein. All are chosen and arranged to highlight the ways that capitalism bears on a set of fundamental human concerns: liberty, equality, social order, virtue and motivation." --publisher's website
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594037603
- ISBN: 1594037604
- Physical Description: vii, 279 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Encounter Books, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 273) and index. |
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Subject: | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects. Economics > Moral and ethical aspects. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Interurban Library | HB 501 W49 2014 (Text) | 26040003011075 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
James R. Otteson is the executive director of the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, and teaching professor of political economy at Wake Forest University. He received his B.A. from Notre Dame and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His published works include Adam Smithâs Marketplace of Life (Cambridge, 2002) and Actual Ethics (Cambridge, 2006), the latter of which won the 2007 Templeton Enterprise Award. His most recent book is Adam Smith (Bloomsbury, 2013). His next book, The End of Socialism, will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2014.