Adam Smith and the Making of the Modern World

by Alan Macfarlane

Adam Smith was one of the three founders of modernclassical economics, along with Malthus and Ricardo. Yethe was much more than an economist. He was a truepolymath with a vast width of knowledge and a close friendof the philosopher David Hume. To understand him wehave to look not just at his famous Wealth of Nations (1776)but also his Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Lectureson Jurisprudence (1982) and his Essays on PhilosophicalSubjects (1982)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1986027880
• ISBN13: 9781986027885
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"