The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations is a book that every thinking person should have on their shelf. Though some rough spots in Adam's thinking have emerged over time, his classic book still provides the logic on which capitalism rests its bones. Not until Marx did someone really challenge its dictates --- Smith basically won the argument on most points. But willingness for those with an inability to think critically, to use this book as justification for the domination of the weak by the strong, has little to do with Smith --- it has everything to do with those who are looking for justification of greed. The Wealth of Nations presents the economic underpinnings of capitalism in a concrete way. Filled with ideas, this economic classic is often convincing, sometimes outdated, and frequently fundamental to belief in free-markets. Smith's ideas are combined with appealing (or appalling) examples of the injustice done to people by disturbing the free-market. Essentially, The Wealth of Nations is a treatise on the power of individuals to maximize their own wealth which manages (rather ably) to support the natural liberty of men while arguing for free markets. Smith doesn't argue for free markets as…

Издательство

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Год

2013

Язык

английский

ISBN

9781494844738