Saving Adam Smith A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue

Name: Saving Adam Smith A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue
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ISBN: 9780130659040

ISBN-10: 0130659045

ISBN-13: 9780130659040

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jonathan Wight

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Adam Smith... You've heard of him. The Father of Modern Capitalism. The Father of Modern Economics. English guy from the 18th Century. Coined the phrase, "Invisible Hand." Well, he's really disappointed in us. Tortured, in fact -- so tortured, he's come back to Earth, channeled through the body of an immigrant mechanic in Virginia. It seems Smith is tormented by our misreading of his "The Wealth of Nations", and how we use it to rationalize so many vile acts. And he's pained by how we've forgotten his equally profound work, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," which focuses on the moral conscience that must exist if free markets are to serve humanity. In this splendid novel, Jonathan Wight…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: FT Press
Publication date: 10/29/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 3.94" wide x 3.94" long x 3.94" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Disclaimer


Wealth


Adam Rising


Higher and Deeper


A Dangerous Business


Will the Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up?


Contraband


Self Interest Is Not Selfishness


On the Road with Adam Smith


Creating Wealth


The Poor Man's Son


The Lady Sings


Wealth and Happiness


Transformation


The Search for Profit


Feelings Are Real


Letter to Julia


Another Gypsy Tale


A Full House


Justice


Children of the Enlightenment


Virtue


The Spectator Within


A Paradox


A New Paradigm?


Once Again the Invisible Hand Appeals to Higher Authority


Saying Goodbye


WorldChemm


Postscript


Appendices


Timeline of Adam Smith's Life


Source Notes



Wealth



Transformation



Virtue


Appendices


A Guide to the Literature


Adam Smith's Collected Works


Biographies of Adam Smith


Selected Scholarship on Adam Smith


Economics As a "Social," "Philosophical," or "Moral" Science


The New Paradigm Transformation in Business


The Enlightenment


A Guide for Instructors


Acknowledgments


About the Author