LEADER 04876nam 22006855 450 001 9910502656003321 005 20240702105027.0 010 $a9783030816001 010 $a3030816001 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-81600-1 035 $a(CKB)5170000000033794 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6747789 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6747789 035 $a(OCoLC)1287133999 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-81600-1 035 $a(MiFhGG)9783030816001 035 $a(EXLCZ)995170000000033794 100 $a20211008d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAdam Smith and the Wealth of Nations $eThe Discovery of Capitalism and Its Limits /$fby Daniel Diatkine 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,$x2662-6586 311 08$a9783030815998 311 08$a3030815994 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Smith and Economic Liberalism -- 2. Hume's challenge: Hume's theory of promise -- 3. The rules of the game -- 4. The (Benign) Economic Consequences of the Mercantile System -- 5. The malignant effects of the mercantile system -- 6. Economic Progress without Capital Accumulation -- 7. The Accumulation of Capital -- 8. Employment, Money and Interest in the Wealth of Nations -- 9. Conclusion. 330 $a"With an unsurpassed mastery of Adam Smith's work Daniel Diatkine has written an important revisionist interpretation. By a determined concentration on the problems Smith himself saw and tried to solve, rather than the problems we may have wanted him to see and solve, Diatkine is able to set aside a good deal of the anachronism that still distorts our understanding of the Scottish thinker. Here a striking contribution is Diatkine's focus on class as an important factor in Smith's analysis of the detrimental role of the people who wielded capital." --Prof. Knud Haakonssen, University of Saint Andrews, U.K. "This powerful and lucid book frees Smith's thought from common misrepresentations and revives his original intent." --Prof. Laurent Jaffro, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France. "Diatkine's impressive work addresses multiple Adam Smith problems: how Smith's impartial spectatorand our love of system and order, transformed Aristotle's chrematistic concerns into the beneficial desire to accumulate capital; solved Hume's puzzlement why we obey political (and economic) contracts; both ultimately generating economic wealth but under the oppressive mercantilist system; necessitating its replacement with Smith's alternative system of natural liberty - thereby generating new theoretical and practical problems. Here is a true tour de force." --Prof. Spencer J. Pack, Connecticut College, USA "Diatkine combines intelligent textual analysis and deep knowledge of the historical and cultural context to offer new perspectives on the most famous economic work of all time." --Prof Annalisa Rosselli, Università degli studi di Roma « Tor Vergata », Italy This book examines Smith's criticism of the mercantile system, the political dimension of capitalism. Through insights into Smith's analysis ofthe political threats of capital accumulation and the growth of inequality, the point at which he discovered capitalism is highlighted. This book aims to explore Smith's belief set out in The Wealth of Nations that the mercantile system was a viable, if politically dangerous, economic model. It is relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought. Daniel Diatkine is Emeritus Professor for economics at the University of Paris-Saclay/University of Évry. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,$x2662-6586 606 $aEconomics$xHistory 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aEconomics 606 $aIndustries 606 $aHistory of Economic Thought and Methodology 606 $aEconomic History 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 606 $aSector and Industry Studies 615 0$aEconomics$xHistory. 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aIndustries. 615 14$aHistory of Economic Thought and Methodology. 615 24$aEconomic History. 615 24$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 615 24$aSector and Industry Studies. 676 $a330.153 676 $a330.153 700 $aDiatkine$b Daniel$01072892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910502656003321 996 $aAdam Smith and the Wealth of Nations$92569108 997 $aUNINA