03152oam 2200673I 450 991045227570332120200520144314.00-415-52143-21-135-17494-60-203-09274-01-135-17495-410.4324/9780203092743 (CKB)2550000001107602(EBL)1331841(OCoLC)855503992(SSID)ssj0001053257(PQKBManifestationID)11674603(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053257(PQKBWorkID)11113453(PQKB)10429981(OCoLC)855019803(MiAaPQ)EBC1331841(Au-PeEL)EBL1331841(CaPaEBR)ebr10740611(CaONFJC)MIL507948(EXLCZ)99255000000110760220180706e20101988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdam Smith's economics its place in the development of economic thought /Maurice BrownLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (202 p.)Routledge library editions.Adam Smith ;v. 1"First published in 1988."--T.p. verso.0-415-56201-5 1-299-76697-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Author Note; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodological Approach; 3. Smith's Epistemology: Meaning, Context and the Nature of Science; 4. Metascientific Perspectives: The Individual and Society; 5. Specialisation and Social Change: The Division of Labour; 6. Riot, Debauchery and the Science of a Legislator; 7. Purposive Action and Unintended Consequences; 8. Economic Concepts and Historical Dynamics; 9. Conclusion; IndexThe conventional received opinion of Adam Smith as an isolated figure, the founder of 'modern' economics, is thoroughly mistaken and misleading. This is the central premise of this book, first published in 1988, in which the author argues that by placing Smith's work in its historical context, we discover profound continuities between Smith's work and that of his predecessors, and his contemporaries. The effect is to re-orientate our perception of Smith and his achievement. No longer the single-handed champion of free markets and competition whose work revolutionised and completely redirectRoutledge library editions.Adam Smith.EconomicsMethodologyHistoryDialectical materialismHistoryEconomicsScotlandHistory18th centuryElectronic books.EconomicsMethodologyHistory.Dialectical materialismHistory.EconomicsHistory330.153092Brown Maurice.118369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452275703321Adam Smith's Economics468487UNINA