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Self-interest before Adam Smith : a genealogy of economic science /
A study of the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. The author shows that Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' yet integrates it at the same time.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Ideas in context ;
68. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A study of the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. The author shows that Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' yet integrates it at the same time. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 279 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-275) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511062915 9780511062919 051107137X 9780511071379 9780511490538 0511490534 1107138892 9781107138896 1280421738 9781280421730 0511179243 9780511179242 0511203160 9780511203169 0511306288 9780511306280 9780521036191 0521036194 |