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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 330.153 EAN: 9780553585971 ISBN: 0553585975 Label: Bantam Classics Manufacturer: Bantam Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1264 Publication Date: March 04, 2003 Publisher: Bantam Classics Release Date: March 04, 2003 Studio: Bantam Classics Editorial Review: Product Description: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith It is symbolic that Adam Smith’s masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independence. In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened notion that individuals are fully capable of setting and regulating prices for their own goods and services. He argued passionately in favor of free trade, yet stood up for the little guy. The Wealth of Nations provided the first--and still the most eloquent--integrated description of the workings of a market economy. The result of Smith’s efforts is a witty, highly readable work of genius filled with prescient theories that form the basis of a thriving capitalist system. This unabridged edition offers the modern reader a fresh look at a timeless and seminal work that revolutionized the way governments and individuals view the creation and dispersion of wealth--and that continues to influence our economy right up to the present day. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - wealth of nationspretty much the base for most modern thought on capitalism, while still being surprisingly relevant though it was written over 200 years ago. Rating:  - Adam Smith: Wealth of nationsThis version is just too small for such a great book. No room to write interpretations or other side notes. Bought another one, so it has become my door stop for now; until someone offers me a price or simply asks to borrow it. Rating: - Making Wealth, Making Poverty: A Smithian Prometheus Conquering Scarcity: (Smith's Dialectical Relationship to Marx?)? Adam Smith is certainly one of the greatest political philosophers in the modern tradition. Our world, as some have argued, is principally the byproduct of the system that Smith outlined in this classic work, together with a judicious mating of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. The "Wealth of Nations," though the most well known of Smith's writings, is not representative of his entire system of thought, if he has a system: Some ... Read More Rating: - Awesome readWealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a great read for anyone wanting to know the foundations of economics and how money works in our world. I listened to this downloadable book as an audiobook from Stratobooks.com while I commuted to and from work. I got through it in just a few days and it was less than 5 bucks. Rating:  - The all time classic - worth re-reading in a changing economyI reread (more like re-scanned) Adam Smith's famous book, The Wealth of Nations. It is a fairly aggressive book based on its size with almost 1,000 pages of fairly fine print of which half of it is dedicated to the supply and demand of corn. But it is surprisingly readable and even interesting. And it is the basic textbook of all economics. Wealth is defined as production capability or what we might call GDP. I figure with a changing economy, it never hurts to brush up ... Read More |
