Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian : An Interpretation for the 21st Century

Aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of "The Wealth of Nations", was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is frequently depicted. Smith's "right-wing" reputation was sealed after his death when it was not safe to claim that an author may have influenced the French revolutionaries

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Mclean, Iain
Publisher:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (193 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record COVER; Contents; Foreword by Rt Hon. Gordon Brown; A Note on Citations; Preface: A Scotsman Looks at the World; 1 The Life of an Absent-minded Professor; 2 A Weak State and a Weak Church; 3 A Non-religious Grounding of Morals: Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment; 4 Merriment and Diversion: Smith on Public Finance and Public Choice; 5 The Invisible Hand and the Helping Hand; 6 The French and American Smiths; 7 Adam Smith Today; Appendix; Notes on Further Reading; References; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-7486-2352-5 ; 978-0-7486-2705-9 ; 978-0-7486-2352-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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