03247oam 2200709I 450 991081386900332120240314023441.00-415-52143-21-135-17494-60-203-09274-01-135-17495-410.4324/9780203092743 (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(OCoLC)419794259(FINmELB)ELB143469(EXLCZ)99255000000110760220180706e20101988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdam Smith's economics its place in the development of economic thought /Maurice Brown1st ed.London Routledge2010London ;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 centuryEconomicsMethodologyHistory.Dialectical materialismHistory.EconomicsHistory330.153092Brown Maurice.118369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813869003321Adam Smith's Economics468487UNINA