The Wealth of Nations
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193604157X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 482 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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''(Narrator) Edwards enunciates with unusual clarity, which helps with a book published in 1776.'' --Talking Book Review''Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things.'' --Robert L. Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers''The Wealth of Nations is no defender of 'greed is good' economics; the author's humanity and benevolence tint every page.'' --Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute''Simply the best book on political economy ever written. Razeen Sally, senior lecturer, London School of Economics, and codirector of the European Center for Political Economy . It is a genuine 'breakthrough' book whose magisterial scope and synthesis have not been surpassed.'' --Dr
Amazon Customer said Great intro to economics from the guy who founded it. Great intro to economics from the guy who founded it. Provides a very intuitive foundation for all the economics that emerges from 1776 to now. Only problem is all the examples are from a bygone economy and not readily familiar to contemporary readers. Also, I could do without 70 pages chronicling the price of silver from 1Great intro to economics from the guy who founded it Amazon Customer Great intro to economics from the guy who founded it. Provides a very intuitive foundation for all the economics that emerges from 1776 to now. Only problem is all the examples are from a bygone economy and not readily familiar to contemporary readers. Also, I could do without 70 pages chronicling the price of silver from 1400 until 1770. Maybe the abridged version would do.. 00 until 1770. Maybe the abridged version would do.. "Classic book and made to read efficiently" according to Tallon Howie. Classic political economy book. You don't have to read the book to understand his main points, but if you want to understand how he reaches his conclusions it's very interesting. You can skip over most of the chapters and read selectively.The condition of the book was okay. There are cool side columns that summarize each paragraph if you want to skim through some parts or find a particular s. Great book, but Modern Library's Kindle edition is poorly formatted Zeldock After some 6 months of buying Kindle books, I've found that the better-known publishers as often as not DON'T do a better job of formatting their titles for Kindle. The Modern Library's Kindle version of "The Wealth of Nations" is a case in point. The footnotes, which appear at the end of each chapter, are all run together in one big paragraph, without any numbers to show where each footnote
His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations, a five-book series that sought to reveal the true causes of prosperity and which established him as the father of contemporary economic thought. ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at the University of Glasgow. He ent
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