Saving Adam Smith a tale of wealth, transformation, and virtue
"If Adam Smith returned to life, would he admire the global capitalist system that honors him or would he be horrified?" "The Wealth of Nations is Smith's most popular work, but Smith himself revered his theory of Moral Sentiments, an unread classic that searches for the wellspri...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Upper Saddle River, NJ :
Financial Times Prentice Hall
c2002.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Financial Times Prentice Hall books
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627865006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- pt. 1. Wealth
- 1. Adam rising
- 2. Higher and deeper
- 3. A dangerous business
- 4. Will the real Adam Smith please sand up?
- 5. Contraband
- 6. Self interest is not selfishness
- 7. On the road with Adam Smith
- 8. Creating wealth
- 9. The poor man's son
- 10. The lady sings
- 11. Wealth and happiness
- pt. 2. Transformation
- 12. The search for profit
- 13. Feelings are real
- 14. Letter to Julia
- 15. Another gypsy tale
- 16. A full house
- 17. Justice
- 18. Children of the enlightenment
- pt. 3. Virtue
- 19. The spectator within
- 20. A paradox
- 21. A new paradigm?
- 22. Once again the invisible hand
- 23. Appeals to higher authority
- 24. Saying goodbye
- 25. WorldChemm
- 26. Postscript
- pt. 4. Appendixes
- A. Timeline of Adam Smith's life
- B. Source notes
- pt. 1. Wealth
- pt. 2. Transformation
- pt. 3. Virtue
- Appendices
- C.A guide to the literature
- Adam Smith's collected works
- Biographies of Adam Smith
- Selected scholarship on Adam Smith
- Economics as a "social," "philosophical," or 'Moral" science
- The new paradigm transformation in business
- International economic issues and institutions
- The enlightenment
- D.A guide for instructors
- E. Acknowledgments
- About the author.
