Adam Smiths Theory of Value and Distribution - Economics As a Moral Science Once Again

This book provides a close reading of Adam Smith's theory of value, and also incorporates material from other parts of Smith's oeuvre. The book operates on the assumption that Smith is proposing relatively simple ideas about price and takes a conventional view that simple Supply and Demand models can illuminate his theory of price.

List of contents

Part I Preliminaries Chapter 1 Are Smith and Marx on the Same "Real Value" Page? Chapter 2 The Doctrine of Nature: Natural Sentiments and Natural Orders Chapter 3 The Doctrine of Philosophy: Utilitarianism or Consequentialism? Part II Value Chapter 4 The Value Theory Questions Chapter 5 Answers 1: Real vs. Nominal Price Chapter 6 The Answers 2: Beaver and Deer Hunters in the Early State Chapter 7 The Answers 3: The Advanced State Chapter 8 The Answers 4: Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities Part III Distribution Chapter 9 Wages and Distributive Justice: Rawlsian Themes in Adam Smith Chapter 10 Rent and Profit Chapter 11 Adam Smith as a Surplus Theorist Chapter 12 Conclusion

About the author

Jeffrey T. Young is Emeritus Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, USA. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in Economics and Business at Gordon College, Wenham, MA, USA. He has published extensively on Adam Smith including Economics as a Moral Science: The Political Economy of Adam Smith (1997). He currently resides in Springvale, Maine, where he continues to work on the moral philosophical underpinnings of Smith's economics.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey T. Young, Young Jeffrey T.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032373027
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237302-7
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy, Adam Smith;Theory;Price;Supply;Demand;Economics