Adam Smith and Yan Fu: Western Economics in Chinese Perspective

By Cheng-chung Lai

Book Overview

This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century. In a dynamic socio-economic context, Yan Fu (1854-1921) had The Wealth of Nations in mind as a prescription for China's "Wealth and Power". This book aims answer the question of whether The Wealth of Nations, a book which advocates laissez-faire, free trade, and minimum governance helpful for China with very different economic conditions and modes of thought to the West and goes on to reexamine Yan Fu's economic ideas through a modern economics perspective.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811965757
• ISBN13: 9789811965753
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"