Wisdom of Adam Smith - A Collection of His Most Incisive & Eloquent Observations

Adam Smith was an eloquent man of considerable philosophical and historical learning. His most incisive and enduring observations are collected here on subjects ranging from political and economic history to morals, art, education, war, and the American colonies. Throughout, notes an admirer in the introduction, "his writing is blessedly free of that use of jargon (and mathematics) that characterizes most of the modern materials in economics. His ideas are expressed in a lucid, straightforward manner that makes them accessible to all."

Summary

Adam Smith was an eloquent man of considerable philosophical and historical learning. This book contains his observations on subjects ranging from political and economic history to morals, art, education, war, and the American colonies.

Product details

• Authors: J. Ed Haggarty, John Haggarty, John Haggarty, Adam Smith
• Assisted by: John Haggarty (Editor), Benjamin A. Rogge (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1977
• EAN: 9780913966211
• ISBN: 978-0-913966-21-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 220 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics