smith, adam

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is regarded by many as the most important text in the history of economics. Jerry Evensky's analysis of this landmark book walks the reader through the five ?Books? of The Wealth of Nations, analyzing Smith's terms and assumptions and how they are developed into statements about economic processes in Book I, his representation of the dynamics of economics systems in Book II, and his empirical case for his model in Book III.

Examines Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" and discusses how it can be applied to twenty-first century life.

A history of the great economic thinkers that provides insights into the lives and ideas of economic thinkers of the past 225 years.

This book treats the dimensions of Smith's work as elements in a seamless moral philosophical vision, demonstrating the integrated nature of his thoughts and writings.

Adam Smith, a theorist whose breadth of view enables him to bring the widest lessons of history and experience to bear on the problems of the day, addresses his views on nations and their colonies.

Before his death, Adam Smith requested of his friends that they destroy loose papers, among them the content of his lectures. The lectures in this book were recorded by a student and reported in 1763.