The Wealth of Nations: IV-V - Softcover

Smith, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140436154 ISBN 13: 9780140436150

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 co-incided with America's Declaration of Independence. These volumes include Smith's assessment of the mercantile system, his advocacy of the freedom of commerce and industry, and his famous prophecy that "America will be one of the foremost nations of the world".

About this title

Review:

"Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things."
--Robert L. Heilbroner

About the Author:

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was born in Glasgow and after being educated in Glasgow and Oxford, he held a number of academic posts before becoming tutor to the young Duke of Buccleuch. This post took him to France where he began writing his political treatise, THE WEALTH OF NATIONS.
Andrew S. Skinner is Adam Smith Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus at Glasgow University and has published widely on Adam Smith and is the editor of the first three volumes of THE WEALTH OF NATIONS for Penguin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140436154
• ISBN 13: 9780140436150
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 672
• Editor: Skinner Andrew