(Ebook) Adam Smith A Moral Philosopher and His Political Economy 2008th Edition by Gavin Kennedy ISBN 978-0230227545 0230227545

(Ebook) Adam Smith A Moral Philosopher and His Political Economy 2008th Edition by Gavin Kennedy ISBN 978-0230227545 0230227545

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ISBN 10:  0230227545 

ISBN 13: 978-0230227545

Author: Gavin Kennedy

This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. The book provides a crucial reminder of how relevant Adam Smith was in his own time, and how relevant he remains as we experience the worldwide spread of opulence today.

Table of contents: 

General Introduction: Why Adam Smith?

What is Wealth of Nations about?

Smith's history of Western Europe

Wealth of Nations

The shrinking frontier

1 'sufficient proofs of his fitness'

Introduction

Adam Smith, senior

Margaret Douglas Smith

Adam Smith's education

After Oxford

A professor is chosen

Did Smith block Hume?

2 'in the first ages of society'

Introduction

Stewart on Smith's common theme

Smith's 'market model'

Market or exchange model? Early foray into his method Long struggle against superstition

Wonder, surprise and admiration

Marketplace for morality

Exchange and jurisprudence

3 'so weak and imperfect a creature as man'

Introduction

The looking-glass

The impartial spectator

Harmonising influences

Hobbesian nightmares?

4 'in the beginning all the world was America'

Introduction

'in the beginning all the world was America'

The four ages of mankind

Smith's island story

Evolution of justice

Justice and defence of the 'rich'

5 'general principles of law and government'

Introduction

The interregnum and the fall of the Rome

The decline of feudalism

Constitutional liberty

Why Smith did not complete his third book?

6 'a certain propensity in human nature'

Wealth creation

The division of labour

Extent of the market

Exchange

Traded bargains

Bargaining exchanges

7 'had the original state of things continued'

Introduction

Value in a primitive society

Signs of muddle

'Had this state continued'

Constancy of the subsistence theory of labour

Exchangeable value in advanced societies

8 'thus at last the age of commerce arises'

Introduction

Natural and market prices

Wages

Imperfect markets

9 'setting to work industrious people'

Introduction

Accumulation of changes

Elements of commercial society

Origins of capital stock

Forms of capital stock

Money as capital

Malign consequences of self-interest

10 'increasing the fund for productive hands'

Introduction

Lowe's 'Smithian' growth

Constituent elements of pure Smithian growth

Necessary conditions for growth?

Productive and unproductive labour

Growth trajectories

11 'a very violent attack'

Introduction

Mercantile policies

Restraints on imports

Extraordinary import restraints

Mercantile political economy and colonies

Chartered trading companies

Colonial trade and capital distortions

12 'an invisible hand'

Introduction

The invisible hand in the 'History of Astronomy'

Moral Sentiments and the invisible hand

The invisible hand in Wealth of Nations

Absence of 'invisible hands'

13 'peace, easy taxes, and justice'

Introduction

First duty of government

Second duty of government

Third duty of government

Education and health

Public revenues

Government failure

Public debts

14 Adam Smith's Legacy

Introduction

The end of laissez-faire

What about the poor?

Afterword

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