1st Edition
Adam Smith's Economics Its Place in the Development of Economic Thought
By Maurice Brown
Copyright 1988
208 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
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Routledge
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The conventional received opinion of Adam Smith as an isolated figure, the founder of ‘modern’ economics, is thoroughly mistaken and misleading. This is the central premise of this book, first published in 1988, in which the author argues that by placing Smith’s work in its historical context, we discover profound continuities between Smith’s work and that of his predecessors, and his... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Methodological Approach 3. Smith’s Epistemology: Meaning, Context and the Nature of Science 4. Metascientific Perspectives: The Individual and Society 5. Specialisation and Social Change: The Division of Labour 6. Riot, Debauchery and the Science of a Legislator 7. Purposive Action and Unintended Consequences 8. Economic Consequences and Historical Dynamics
Biography
Maurice Brown
