Adam Smith Into the Twenty First Century

by E.G. West

Adam Smith into the Twenty-First Century examines how Smith's deliberations on constitutional economics can now be tested by current empirical work in the social sciences. Edwin West shows how Smith's scepticism about the proposition that democracy is conducive to economic growth is supported by modern research. Current social science is also shown to support Smith's views that government improves with the expansion of trade and that liberty is strongly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1858981972
• ISBN13: 9781858981970
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.