Adam Smith's America : How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism /

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The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free marketsOriginally published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. To...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Liu, Glory M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790.
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790 > Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Economics.
Economic policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise.
Economics > History.
United States.
United States > Economic policy > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Best Book Extant
  • 2. Whence He Is Called Its Founder
  • 3. The Apostle of Free Trade
  • 4. In the Vanguard of the New School
  • 5. Economics Must Be Political Economy
  • 6. Alive and Well and Living in Chicago
  • 7. Turning Smith Back on the Present
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index

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