Adam Smith's economics : its place in the development of economic thought / / Maurice Brown

• Autore: Brown Maurice
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.153092
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Methodology - History; Dialectical materialism - History; Economics - Scotland - History - 18th century
• Note generali: "First published in 1988."--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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 redirect
• Titolo autorizzato: Adam Smith's Economics
• ISBN: 0-415-52143-2; 1-135-17494-6; 0-203-09274-0; 1-135-17495-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813869003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Adam Smith.