Adam Smith in His Time and Ours
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Adam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Z Muller
A counter to the popular impression that Adam Smith was a champion of selfishness and greed. It shows that the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations maintained that markets served to promote the well-being of the populace and that government must intervene to counteract the negative effects of the pursuit of self-interest.
"A profoundly erudite and timely study"--John Gray, National Review "Muller's great accomplishment in this book is to present a clear, thoughtful, and engaging overview of Adam Smith's thought. He reveals Smith to be a wide-ranging and innovative thinker who formulated a comprehensive social science."--Peter McNamara, The Review of Politics
Jerry Z. Muller is Associate Professor of History at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservatism (Princeton).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691001616 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691001618 |
| Title | Adam Smith in His Time and Ours |
| Author | Jerry Z Muller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1995-07-23 |
| Number of pages | 263 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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