Adam Smith in His Time and Ours : Designing the Decent Society

Muller, Jerry Z.

ISBN 10: 0691001618 / ISBN 13: 9780691001616

Edité par Princeton University Press, 1995

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• Titre: Adam Smith in His Time and Ours : Designing the Decent Society
• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0691001618
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691001616
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: good

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Synopsis

Counter to the popular impression that Adam Smith was a champion of selfishness and greed, Jerry Muller shows that the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations maintained that markets served to promote the well-being of the populace and that government must intervene to counteract the negative effects of the pursuit of self-interest. Smith's analysis went beyond economics to embrace a larger "civilizing project" designed to create a more decent society.

À propos de l?auteur

Jerry Z. Muller is Associate Professor of History at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservatism (Princeton).