The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Year: 1993
• ISBN:
  9781624667008
• Topic: Philosophie
• Subtopic: Philosophie moderne

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 works. Guided by his conviction that the so-called Adam Smith Problem--the relationship between ethics and economics in Smith's thinking--is a core element in the argument of the work itself, Dickey's commentary focuses on the devices Smith uses to ground his economics in broadly ethical and social categories. An unparalleled guide to an often difficult and perplexing work.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
• Contents
• Editorial Preface
• Notes to Editorial Preface
• Basic Biographical Information on Smith’s Life
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Note on the Text
• SELECTIONS FROM THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
• References to Citations in Editor’s Commentary
• Back Cover