The Wealth of Nations (eBook)

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes (Economic Theory Classic)

Adam Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
696 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638810-2 (EAN)

Infos

The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. The book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labor, productivity, and free markets. The Wealth of Nations was the product of seventeen years of notes and earlier works, as well as an observation of conversation among economists of the time concerning economic and societal conditions during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The result was a treatise which sought to offer a practical application for reformed economic theory to replace the mercantilist and physiocratic economic theories that were becoming less relevant in the time of industrial progress and innovation.

Autor

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher as well as a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy, and a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment, also known as ''The Father of Economics'' or ''The Father of Capitalism''. Smith wrote two classic works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, first modern works of economics. In his works, Adam Smith introduced his theory of absolute advantage.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: 17th-century economics • A Promised Land • basic economics • business adventures • Capital in the Twenty-First Century • Classical Economics • Division of labor • economic progress • Economic Theory • free markets • Historical economics • How to Day Trade for a Living • Industrial Revolution • John Stuart Mill • Moral Philosophy • Plato • Scottish Philosopher • spilled milk • The Deficit Myth • The Tyranny of Merit