Author: A.D. SmithPublisher: Positive Gain Enterprises
ISBN: 9780977184026
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
I don't know you from Adam / Smith Family History
Author: A.D. SmithPublisher: Positive Gain Enterprises
ISBN: 9780977184026
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Author: Adam Smith (économiste)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
Author: Russ RobertsPublisher: Portfolio
ISBN: 1591847958
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"How the insights of an 18th century economist can help us live better in the 21st century. Adam Smith became famous for The Wealth of Nations, but the Scottish economist also cared deeply about our moral choices and behavior--the subjects of his other brilliant book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). Now, economist Russ Roberts shows why Smith's neglected work might be the greatest self-help book you've never read. Roberts explores Smith's unique and fascinating approach to fundamental questions such as: - What is the deepest source of human satisfaction? - Why do we sometimes swing between selfishness and altruism? - What's the connection between morality and happiness? Drawing on current events, literature, history, and pop culture, Roberts offers an accessible and thought-provoking view of human behavior through the lenses of behavioral economics and philosophy"--
Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?
Author: Katrine MarcalPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681771853
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
How do you get your dinner? That is the basic question of economics. When economist and philosopher Adam Smith proclaimed that all our actions were motivated by self-interest, he used the example of the baker and the butcher as he laid the foundations for 'economic man,' arguing that the baker and butcher didn't give bread and meat out of the goodness of their hearts. It's an ironic point of view coming from a bachelor who lived with his mother for most of his life—a woman who cooked his dinner every night.The economic man has dominated our understanding of modern-day capitalism, with a focus on self-interest and the exclusion of all other motivations. Such a view point disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking. It insists that if women are paid less, then that's because their labor is worth less.A kind of femininst Freakonomics, Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? charts the myth of economic man—from its origins at Adam Smith's dinner table, its adaptation by the Chicago School, and its disastrous role in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis—in a witty and courageous dismantling of one of the biggest myths of our time.
The T'Na Chronicles
Author: SmithPublisher: Positive Gain Enterprises
ISBN: 9781414049397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Adam Smith in Toulouse and Occitania
Author: Alain AlcouffePublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030465780
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book provides substantial background on what Adam Smith did during his stay in Toulouse and the Languedoc region of France during the 18th century. This is a crucial period in Smith’s life for at least two reasons: i) it is during this time that Smith began to work on The Wealth of Nations; and ii) it is generally understood that although some of his ideas about political economy were already formed before his trip, his encounters with many French political economists during his time in France helped him to further develop them. As such, this book provides a rich resource to further understanding Smith's world, his travel experiences and the people he met during this time and situates these within the broader context of Smith's life as a whole, and within the British aristocracy. This work will be of value to students and researchers in the history of economic thought, travel studies and Scottish studies.
Leaves of a Stunted Shrub
Author: Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1935538047
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Adam Smith
Author: C. R. FayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107632064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This is a 1956 study of eminent Scot Adam Smith and the Scotland in which he lived and wrote.
Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life
Author: Nicholas T. PhillipsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300174438
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Nicholas Phillipson's intellectual biography of Adam Smith shows that Smith saw himself as philosopher rather than an economist. Phillipson shows Smith's famous works were a part of a larger scheme to establish a "Science of Man," which was to encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics. Phillipson explains Adam Smith's part in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh at the time of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all Phillipson explains how far Smith's ideas developed in dialog with his closest friend David Hume. --Publisher's description.
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