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Dewey Decimal Number: 330.153 Format: Kindle Book Label: Neeland Media LLC Manufacturer: Neeland Media LLC Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1264 Publication Date: March 30, 2004 Publisher: Neeland Media LLC Release Date: March 30, 2004 Studio: Neeland Media LLC Related Items:
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:  - A Must Read For Every EconomistThis book is so widely cited and interpreted contrary to the author's original thought, that every economist should read it completely to avoid being misled by such incorrect interpretations. First, let us take the "invisible hand" metaphor. When I have studied economy in the University, I was taught that almost the entire book is devoted to the "invisible hand" which means "self-corrective markets", "liberalism", "Laissez-faire" and "state non-intervention". After reading this book, ... Read More Rating:  - ExcellentThis book is filled with great information you will find useful as well as having to find new things you never knew about. I will recommend this book to anyone and everyone. 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 authors ... Read More 
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