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Language: English
Published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002
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Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 322 pages. A novel about Adam Smith returning to modern times in the body of an immigrant mechanic in Virginia.
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- Title
- Saving Adam Smith A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue
- Author
- Wight, Jonathan B.
- Publisher
- Financial Times/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Publication year
- 2002
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0130659045
- ISBN 13
- 9780130659040
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Modern 1st
Adam Smith ... Father of Modern Economics ... Died in 1790 ... but 200 years later, his spirit is tortured by the caricatures we remember in his name. In Saving Adam Smith, he is tortured enough to return to Earth ... and so begins a journey of discovery that cuts across two centuries, as doctoral student Richard Burns puts his life on the line to rediscover Smith's most profound insight: Selfishness is not enough.
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About the Author
JONATHAN B. WIGHT is Associate Professor of Economics and International Studies in the Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, where he has won Outstanding Teaching and Outstanding Service Awards.
Born in Washington, D.C., he spent his youth in Africa and Latin America. He earned a B.A. from Duke University and a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt University, where he was a Danforth Fellow. His paper, "A Little Adam Smith is a Dangerous Thing," received the 2001 Paxton Award for Outstanding Paper presented by the International Association of Torch Clubs. Other articles on Smith include, "Will the Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up? Teaching Social Economics in the Principles Course," and "The Rise of Adam Smith: Articles and Citations, 1970-97." In other research he co-authored a book on health care financing and numerous articles on international economic development.
Editorial Advisor: Russell Roberts, author of The Choice and The Invisible Heart
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