02615nam 2200613Ia 450 991045734240332120200520144314.00-7486-7211-71-280-53844-997866105384470-7486-2705-7(CKB)1000000000351128(EBL)267207(OCoLC)123894064(SSID)ssj0000097077(PQKBManifestationID)11121640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097077(PQKBWorkID)10112096(PQKB)10647066(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092670(MiAaPQ)EBC267207(Au-PeEL)EBL267207(CaPaEBR)ebr10131980(CaONFJC)MIL53844(OCoLC)860306866(EXLCZ)99100000000035112820060223d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdam Smith, radical and egalitarian[electronic resource] an interpretation for the twenty-first century /Iain McLeanEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20061 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2352-3 includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-165) and index.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;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.EconomicsPhilosophyEnlightenmentScotlandElectronic books.EconomicsPhilosophy.Enlightenment330.153092McLean Iain254484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457342403321Adam Smith, radical and egalitarian2046486UNINA