Norman, Jesse
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141987118
- author:
- Norman, Jesse
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 416
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why It Matters by Jesse Norman Adam Smith is widely regarded as the father of modern economics, but what he really thought and the implications of his ideas remain fiercely contested. This book provides a succinct and engaging account of Smith's life and times, reviewing his work as a whole and tracing his influence over the past two centuries. Jesse Norman's biography dispels the myths and debunks the caricatures that have grown up around Adam Smith, exploring his ideas in detail from ethics to law to economics and government. Smith's work is seen to have had a profound impact on thinkers such as Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, John Maynard Keynes, and Friedrich Hayek, and his ideas continue to shape modern social psychology and behavioural theory.
Related Products
Related Products
Simply Jesus: Who He Was, What He Did, Why It Matters
Wright, Tom
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
Douglass, James W.
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters
Piketty, Thomas
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
Douglass, James W.
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Pinker, Steven