The Wealth Of Nations

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Adam Smith

u003cpu003eThe Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the book t...

Adam Smith

Considerado fundador de la ciencia económica por LA RIQUEZA DE LAS NACIONES, el escocés ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) no sólo puso con esta obra los cimientos de una ciencia, sino también de una doctrina: el liberalismo económico. La idea de que la riqueza proviene del trabajo -y no del oro ni de la plata-, siendo susceptible de aumentar con una adecuada regulación del funcionamiento ...

Adam Smith

Considerado fundador de la ciencia económica por LA RIQUEZA DE LAS NACIONES, el escocés ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) no sólo puso con esta obra los cimientos de una ciencia, sino también de una doctrina: el liberalismo económico. La idea de que la riqueza proviene del trabajo -y no del oro ni de la plata-, siendo susceptible de aumentar con una adecuada regulación del funcionamiento ...

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Fundador de la economía clásica y autor de «La riqueza de las naciones» (CS 3204), ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) suele ser tenido sólo como economista, pero el campo de sus intereses intelectuales fue mucho más amplio. Miembro destacado de la Escuela Escocesa de Filosofía Moral y amigo de David Hume, Smith fue un notable moralista, admirador de la severidad estoica y una persona preoc...

Adam Smith

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important book. First published in London in March 1776, it had been eagerly anticipated by Smith's contemporaries and became an immediate bestseller. That edition sold out quickly and others followed...