This thoughtful new abridgment is enriched by the brilliant commentary which accompanies it. In it, Laurence Dickey argues that the Wealth of Nations contains--and conceals--a great deal of how Smith actually thought a commercial society...

Now complete in seven titles/eight volumes, this series is the first uniform collection of Adam Smith's writings. The Glasgow edition is published in hardcover by Oxford University Press. The paperback edition is published by Liberty...

Untersuchung über das Wesen und die Ursachen des Volkswohlstandes von Smith, Adam

The first--and still the most eloquent--expression of the economic theories of capitalism. Published in 1776, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, The Wealth of Nations has had a similarly significant impact on the course...

Untersuchung über das Wesen und die Ursachen des Volkswohlstandes von Smith, Adam

"This is a modern classic." -Paul A. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics "The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." -The New York Times Book Review "Anyone whose orientation is toward...

Dieses bahnbrechende Werk des schottischen Moralphilosophen Rechtstheoretikers und Nationalökonomen Adam Smith (1725 -1790) wurde erstmals am 9. März 1776 in London veröffentlicht. In vielerlei Hinsicht ein typisches Werk der...

Mit seiner bahnbrechenden Abhandlung über die politische Ökonomie ebnete Adam Smith den Weg für den modernen Kapitalismus und vertrat die Ansicht, dass ein wirklich freier Markt - der durch den Wettbewerb beflügelt wird, aber wie von...

Mit seinem philosophischen Hauptwerk, der »Theorie der ethischen Gefühle«, legte Adam Smith den Grundstein für die Ausbildung einer Moralphilosophie, die sich ausdrücklich auf die Ideen der Sympathie und der Solidargemeinschaft beruft....

Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he investigated the flip side of economic...

Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive...

The classic economic treatise that inspired Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century With this landmark treatise on political economy, Adam Smith paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that a truly free market - fired...